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Title: | Non-renditions and the court interpreter's perceived impartiality : a role-play study | Authors: | Cheung, AKF | Issue Date: | Jan-2018 | Source: | Interpreting, Jan. 2018, v. 20, no. 2, p. 232-258 | Abstract: | This experimental study examined whether non-renditions are linked to the court interpreter's perceived impartiality. A witness examination was simulated in three variations on a scripted role play, with consecutive interpreting between Cantonese and English. A sample of female Cantonese speakers, divided into two experimental groups and a control group, each played the part of the witness in one role play; the interpreter and the English-speaking bench (judge and defense attorney) were always played by the same three actors. In two experimental groups, the interpretation included some utterances with no source speech counterpart (non-renditions): a Cantonese non-rendition group (16 individuals) had procedural and textual non-renditions addressed to them in Cantonese, without English interpretation for the bench; an English non-rendition group (15 individuals) heard some brief exchanges between the interpreter and the bench, with no Cantonese interpretation. A control group (15 individuals) was not exposed to non-renditions. All three groups completed a questionnaire after the role play. The English non-rendition group rated the interpreter significantly lower than the others on impartiality, and was also the only group to comment unfavorably on the interpreter. A possible explanation is that the Cantonese speakers in this group could not follow the English non-renditions and felt excluded. | Keywords: | Court interpreting Non-rendition Perceived impartiality Role play |
Publisher: | John Benjamins | Journal: | Interpreting | ISSN: | 1384-6647 | EISSN: | 1569-982X | DOI: | 10.1075/intp.00011.che | Rights: | © John Benjamins Publishing Company This is the accepted version of the publication Cheung, A. K. (2018). Non-renditions and the court interpreter’s perceived impartiality: A role-play study. Interpreting, 20(2), 232-258. The Version of Record is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1075/forum.18016.che |
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