Deaf professionals’ perceptions of 'trust' in relationships with signed language interpreters
The concept of ‘trust’ is frequently used when discussing the working relationship between deaf signers and signed language interpreters, with interpreters often claiming that trust is a prerequisite to a successful interaction. This paper presents original data from an in-depth research project whi...
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| author | Dai O'Brien Gabrielle Hodge Sannah Gulamani Katherine Rowley Robert Adam Steven Emery John Walker |
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| description | The concept of ‘trust’ is frequently used when discussing the working relationship between deaf signers and signed language interpreters, with interpreters often claiming that trust is a prerequisite to a successful interaction. This paper presents original data from an in-depth research project which used collaborative autoethnography to gather the experiences of seven deaf academics who work
regularly with British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters, who interpret between BSL and spoken English, to analyse the concept of ‘trust’ in our working relations with BSL interpreters. We found that ‘trust’ is not a useful or productive concept for our interpersonal and professional aims. Instead, we outline multiple ways in which deaf academics can assess and evaluate interpreters’ values, competencies, and performance without relying on ‘trust’. Our findings provide an important, powerful and under-explored perspective on the working relations between deaf academics and interpreters. We suggest these findings can be applied by deaf BSL signers and interpreters in contexts beyond academia, and constitute an important contribution to the literature on interpreting. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c97bf39a92db466fab1011b11f4c24392023-08-04T12:24:32ZengWestern Sydney UniversityTranslation and Interpreting : the International Journal of Translation and Interpreting Research1836-93242023-07-01152254210.12807/ti.115202.2023.a02Deaf professionals’ perceptions of 'trust' in relationships with signed language interpretersDai O'Brien0Gabrielle Hodge1Sannah Gulamani2Katherine Rowley3Robert Adam4Steven Emery5John Walker6York St John UniversityUniversity College London & University College LondonUniversity College LondonUniversity College LondonHeriot-Watt UniversityHeriot-Watt UniversityUniversity of SussexThe concept of ‘trust’ is frequently used when discussing the working relationship between deaf signers and signed language interpreters, with interpreters often claiming that trust is a prerequisite to a successful interaction. This paper presents original data from an in-depth research project which used collaborative autoethnography to gather the experiences of seven deaf academics who work regularly with British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters, who interpret between BSL and spoken English, to analyse the concept of ‘trust’ in our working relations with BSL interpreters. We found that ‘trust’ is not a useful or productive concept for our interpersonal and professional aims. Instead, we outline multiple ways in which deaf academics can assess and evaluate interpreters’ values, competencies, and performance without relying on ‘trust’. Our findings provide an important, powerful and under-explored perspective on the working relations between deaf academics and interpreters. We suggest these findings can be applied by deaf BSL signers and interpreters in contexts beyond academia, and constitute an important contribution to the literature on interpreting.http://www.trans-int.org/index.php/transint/article/view/1717/454deaf; signed languages; interpreting; signed language interpreting; trust |
| spellingShingle | Dai O'Brien Gabrielle Hodge Sannah Gulamani Katherine Rowley Robert Adam Steven Emery John Walker Deaf professionals’ perceptions of 'trust' in relationships with signed language interpreters Translation and Interpreting : the International Journal of Translation and Interpreting Research deaf; signed languages; interpreting; signed language interpreting; trust |
| title | Deaf professionals’ perceptions of 'trust' in relationships with signed language interpreters |
| title_full | Deaf professionals’ perceptions of 'trust' in relationships with signed language interpreters |
| title_fullStr | Deaf professionals’ perceptions of 'trust' in relationships with signed language interpreters |
| title_full_unstemmed | Deaf professionals’ perceptions of 'trust' in relationships with signed language interpreters |
| title_short | Deaf professionals’ perceptions of 'trust' in relationships with signed language interpreters |
| title_sort | deaf professionals perceptions of trust in relationships with signed language interpreters |
| topic | deaf; signed languages; interpreting; signed language interpreting; trust |
| url | http://www.trans-int.org/index.php/transint/article/view/1717/454 |
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