Language brokering, mediated manipulations, and the role of the interpreter/translator
Conference paper
Bauer, E (2016). Language brokering, mediated manipulations, and the role of the interpreter/translator. University of Strasbourg Winterschool « Biographical evaluation of language policies by migrants in Europe. University of Strasbourg, France 21 - 26 Nov 2016 London South Bank University. https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.129.18bau
Authors | Bauer, E |
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Type | Conference paper |
Abstract | Abstract Language brokering is a common phenomenon among children of migrants, whereby the child mediates between a parent and a different language speaker. This paper uses data from a UK study to explore the retrospective childhood experiences of adults who grew up interpreting and translating for their parents. It examines the ways in which children perform as agents during language brokering, converting meanings in one language into meanings in another in order to achieve particular goals. The paper analyses ways in which adults report that they exercised this form of agency in childhood, through censoring and manipulating information, and how they feel this impacted their adult identities. |
Keywords | language brokering; adult retrospective experience; censoring and manipulating information; translating and interpreting |
Year | 2016 |
Publisher | London South Bank University |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.129.18bau |
Web address (URL) | https://benjamins.com/catalog/btl.129.18bau |
Accepted author manuscript | License File description Abstract File Access Level Open |
Publication dates | |
19 Jun 2017 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 08 Jun 2017 |
Accepted | 14 Sep 2016 |
https://openresearch.lsbu.ac.uk/item/87162
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