A diagrammatic approach to redefining the role of the interpreter based on a case study in forensic psychology
The present article revisits the role of the interpreter by examining a case study within a forensic psychology setting. During the session with a nine-year-old boy as the service user and a forensic psychologist as the service provider, the interpreter faces an ethical dilemma. The story the young...
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Western Sydney University
2009-12-01
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| description | The present article revisits the role of the interpreter by examining a case study within a forensic psychology setting. During the session with a nine-year-old boy as the service user and a forensic psychologist as the service provider, the interpreter faces an ethical dilemma. The story the young boy presents is in conflict with information he has previously disclosed to the interpreter. The paper proposes the development of diagrammatic representations to help the interpreter position themselves within the communicative triad by presenting the interpreter’s role along two axes – the impartiality axis and the involvement axis. Given the complex nature of the forensic psychology setting, interpreter role definitions in community interpreting in general and in mental health and legal interpreting in particular provide a backdrop to the argument. Finally, the role of the interpreter is defined in terms of the nature of the session rather than the broader interpreting environment, whereby the interpreter needs to constantly reconsider their position to the primary participants. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-469bcede78484fd7a87fd24defc6274f2022-12-21T21:52:02ZengWestern Sydney UniversityTranslation and Interpreting : the International Journal of Translation and Interpreting Research1836-93242009-12-0112A diagrammatic approach to redefining the role of the interpreter based on a case study in forensic psychologyKrisztina ZimanyiThe present article revisits the role of the interpreter by examining a case study within a forensic psychology setting. During the session with a nine-year-old boy as the service user and a forensic psychologist as the service provider, the interpreter faces an ethical dilemma. The story the young boy presents is in conflict with information he has previously disclosed to the interpreter. The paper proposes the development of diagrammatic representations to help the interpreter position themselves within the communicative triad by presenting the interpreter’s role along two axes – the impartiality axis and the involvement axis. Given the complex nature of the forensic psychology setting, interpreter role definitions in community interpreting in general and in mental health and legal interpreting in particular provide a backdrop to the argument. Finally, the role of the interpreter is defined in terms of the nature of the session rather than the broader interpreting environment, whereby the interpreter needs to constantly reconsider their position to the primary participants.http://www.trans-int.org/index.php/transint/article/view/40/54community interpreting; role of the interpreter; mental health interpreting; legal interpreting; forensic psychology; diagrammatic representation |
| spellingShingle | Krisztina Zimanyi A diagrammatic approach to redefining the role of the interpreter based on a case study in forensic psychology Translation and Interpreting : the International Journal of Translation and Interpreting Research community interpreting; role of the interpreter; mental health interpreting; legal interpreting; forensic psychology; diagrammatic representation |
| title | A diagrammatic approach to redefining the role of the interpreter based on a case study in forensic psychology |
| title_full | A diagrammatic approach to redefining the role of the interpreter based on a case study in forensic psychology |
| title_fullStr | A diagrammatic approach to redefining the role of the interpreter based on a case study in forensic psychology |
| title_full_unstemmed | A diagrammatic approach to redefining the role of the interpreter based on a case study in forensic psychology |
| title_short | A diagrammatic approach to redefining the role of the interpreter based on a case study in forensic psychology |
| title_sort | diagrammatic approach to redefining the role of the interpreter based on a case study in forensic psychology |
| topic | community interpreting; role of the interpreter; mental health interpreting; legal interpreting; forensic psychology; diagrammatic representation |
| url | http://www.trans-int.org/index.php/transint/article/view/40/54 |
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