Interpreting Profanity in Police Interviews

Autor/inn/en	Hale, Sandra; Martschuk, Natalie; Goodman-Delahunty, Jane; Taibi, Mustapha; Xu, Han
Titel	Interpreting Profanity in Police Interviews
Quelle	In: Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 39 (2020) 4, S.369-393 (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hale, Sandra)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0167-8507
DOI	10.1515/multi-2019-0065
Schlagwörter	Language Usage; Ethics; Verbal Communication; Antisocial Behavior; Translation; Law Enforcement; Language Processing; Native Language; Second Languages; Semitic Languages; Mandarin Chinese; Spanish; Simulation; Police; Interviews; English (Second Language); Pragmatics; Accuracy; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachgebrauch; Ethik; Gesetzesvollzug; Sprachverarbeitung; Second language; Zweitsprache; Arabisch; Hebräisch; Spanisch; Simulation program; Simulationsprogramm; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Pragmalinguistik; Australien
Abstract	Professional interpreters are obliged by their codes of ethics to interpret the speakers' speech faithfully, including offensive, profane or vulgar language. In order to achieve this goal, interpreters need to be pragmatically competent, so as to understand the intention and effect of the offensive remark in the source language and be able to appropriately render it into the target language to achieve the same effect in the hearer. Research has shown, however, that not all interpreters abide by this requirement, and many tend to tone down or even omit any offensive language, for a number of reasons, including attempts to protect the hearers or to save their own face. This study examined the ways in which Arabic, Mandarin and Spanish speaking interpreters interpreted offensive language by a suspect in a simulated police interview into English. Experienced qualified interpreters in the three languages, maintained the highest levels of pragmatic equivalence. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01