A bibliography of books and e-books on public service interpreting
Handboek: Basisopleiding Sociaal Tolken
Mainly in Spanish, some books in English, Russian and Arabic.
The book Manual de introducción a la traducción e interpretación en centros penitenciarios. Curso básico (Introduction to translation and interpreting in prisons), forms part of the Efficient Communication in Prisons Project. This project’s goal is to design training materials for prison staff and bilingual inmates, in order to improve prison conditions and build common understanding. The manual contains eight units each one composed of four parts: Prisons, Translation and Interpreting, Activities, and Self-Assessment. The manual provides basic tools meant to train functional translators and interpreters.
The Community Interpreting in Greece project, a research
Greece is at crossroads. People from innumerous countries come together in to Greece either as tourists or permanent residents or illegal immigrants. Foreigners, legal and illegal, are contacting Greek authorities, the health system, police, coast guard, refugee camps without having the necessary knowledge of Greek. The book provides an overview of the project Community Interpreting in Greece (CiGreece).The project deals with the neglected issue of community interpreting in Greece, i.e. interpreting before authorities between non-Greek speakers and public servants. There is no formal training or assessment for individuals functioning as community interpreters in Greece; in the majority of the cases where a trained interpreter would be needed, authorities either go ahead without or use untrained individuals at hand declaring to be speakers of the language in question. It has been the objective of the proposed project a) to map, for the first time, the situation in Greece concerning the provision of community interpreting services, b) to highlight the shortcomings in the provision of interpreting services in delicate environments such as the authorities, refugee camps, hospitals, educational settings and police in Greece and c) to increase awareness and to provide the stakeholders with the necessary information to take the measures that will improve the situation in Greece.
The research leading to these results has received funding from the [EEA] Mechanism 2009-2014 under Project Contract n° 3681.
Technology at the Service of PSIT in Crisis Situations: Experiences and Perspectives
This audio book is based on a selection of contributions presented at Translating Europe Workshop, held on December 2018 at the University of Alcalá. The publication is divided in four sections, each one dedicated to a topic and including different articles. Each article includes the author´s bio, abstract, power point presentation and video recording of the author´s presentation. The first section presents the voice of the institutions; the second section presents the voice of specialists talking about translation tools and techniques used in crisis and emergency situations (US National Defense College, VERASAT, TWB, INTERACT ). The third part collects the voice of experts on issues related to migration & asylum seekers (VOZE, MEDICOS DEL MUNDO, UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA, CEAR). Finally, the fourth section is dedicated to voice of trainers and students of the MA in Intercultural Communication and Public Service Interpreting and Translation at the University of Alcalá. The publication also includes an interview to Gwyneth Sutherlin (National Defense University, College of Information and Cyberspace,Washington).
Global Insights into Public Service Interpreting
This edited volume sets out to explore interdisciplinarity issues and strategies in Public Service Interpreting (PSI), focusing on theoretical issues, global practices, and education and training. Unlike other types of interpreting, PSI touches on the most private spheres of human life, making it all the more imperative for the service to move towards professionalization and for ad hoc training methods to be developed within higher institutions of education. PSI is a fast-developing area which will assume an increasingly important role in the spectrum of the language professions in the future.
An international, dynamic, and interdisciplinary exploration of matters related to PSI in various cultural contexts and different language combinations will provide valuable insights for anyone who wishes to have a better understanding when working as communities of practice. For this purpose, the Editors have collected contributions focusing on training, ethical issues, professional deontology, the role and responsibilities of interpreters, management and policy, as well as problems and strategies in different countries and regions.
This collection will be a valuable reference for any student or academic working in interpreting, particularly those focusing on Public Service Interpreting anywhere in the world.
Interpretare da e verso l'italiano. Didattica e innovazione per la formazione dell'interprete.
Ed. by Mariachiara Russo, Bononia University Press, Bologna, 2021, ISBN 9788869239878, ISBN online 9788869239885 This book brings together the research and teaching experience of the trainers of the Department of Interpreting and Translation of the University of Bologna, Forlì Campus: teaching of interpreting from and into Italian in monologic contexts, such as conferences, and in dialogic contexts, such as public services. It also examines language-independent topics that touch on emerging areas of interpreting, such as new technologies and computer-assisted interpreting tools, the use of interpreting corpora, software for the teaching and practice of remote interpreting, theatrical training in interpreter education, interpreting for asylum seekers and minors. It also touches on areas already explored in interpreting studies but revisited here, such as the role of the interpreter, mother tongue, quality, the communicative-interactional dimension of interpreting, court interpreting and wiretapping. The book is addressed to students, teachers and researchers in the field of interpreting, but also to those who deal with interculturality and interlingual communication.
The Routledge Handbook of Public Service Interpreting
Edited By Laura Gavioli, Cecilia Wadensjö - Copyright 2023 - ISBN 9780367278427 - 450 Pages 34 B/W Illustrations - Published January 31, 2023 by Routledge (available also as eBook) The Routledge Handbook of Public Service Interpreting provides a comprehensive overview of research in public service, or community interpreting. It offers reflections and suggestions for improving public service communication in plurilingual settings and provides tools for dealing with public service communication in a global society.