Free eBooks The Bilingual Courtroom: Court Interpreters In The Judicial Process (With A New Chapter) Available To Downloads
Drawing on more than one hundred hours of taped recordings of Spanish/English court proceedings in federal, state, and municipal courts—along with extensive psycholinguistic research using translated testimony and mock jurors—Susan Berk-Seligson's seminal book presents a systematic study of court interpreters, and raises some alarming, vitally important concerns: contrary to the assumption that interpreters do not affect the contents of court proceedings, they could potentially make the difference between a defendant being found guilty or innocent of a crime.
Series: Language and Legal Discourse
Paperback: 322 pages
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press; 1 edition (September 1, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0226043789
ISBN-13: 978-0226043784
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.9 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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This is an excellent book, has solid research and is very professional. Several times Susan Berk-Seligson (the author) is quoted in other authoritative works on the subject. However, my only critique with this work is how many mistakes there were in the Spanish grammar and renderings in English. For such a professional and high level work, the author, now in at least her second if not third edition still has glaring errors of the simplist type, somewhat embarassing to those of us who truly are bilingual. It's just kind of ironic how the whole point of the book is how important it is to pay attention to minor and many times disregarded elements of speech like register, hedges, false starts, tone and additions in order to faithfully interpret into the Target Language. Yet Susan Berk-Seligson or her editing team has not taken into consideration, in at least two editions, how weak her argument becomes and how much credibility she loses when one considers how blatent and glaring her own mistakes are in several translations in her book. Overall, however, it is a must read for anyone thinking of going into court interpretation.
Exactly what is needed for our class for Certification in Interpreting and Translation of English to Spanish and vice versa.
This book is required for a class I am currently in. It touched all the the important elements of working in courts as and bilingula interpreter.
Great addition to my library. There are many examples of common mistakes a newbie interpreter may be tempted to make.
Great for my husband. Will be useful when he translates for court.
The book is great. It includes invaluable information for us, people still learning how to procede when the trial requires the assistance of an interpreter. Ideal for interpreters and students.
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