Coordinating Participation in Dialogue Interpreting: (102 Benjamins Translation Library)

Dialogue interpreting, which takes place in institutional settings such as legal proceedings, healthcare contexts, work meetings or media talk, has attracted increasing attention in translation, language and communication studies. Drawing on transcribed sequences of authentic talk, this volume raises questions about aspects of interpreting that have been taken for granted, challenging preconceived notions about differences between professional and non-professional interpreting and pointing in new directions for future research. Collecting contributions from major scholars in the field of dialogue interpreting and interaction studies, the volume offers new insights into the relationship between interpreting and mediating. It addresses a wide readership, including students and scholars in translation and interpreting studies, mediation and negotiation studies, linguistics, sociology, communication studies, conversation analysis, discourse analysis.

Table of Contents:
1. Acknowledgments; 2. Foreword (by Wadensjo, Cecilia); 3. Introduction: Understanding coordination in interpreter-mediated interaction (by Baraldi, Claudio); 4. 1. Interpreting or interfering? (by Tebble, Helen); 5. 2. Interpreting participation: Conceptual analysis and illustration of the interpreter's role in interaction (by Pochhacker, Franz); 6. 3. "You are not too funny": Challenging the role of the interpreter on Italian talkshows (by Straniero Sergio, Francesco); 7. 4. Ad hoc interpreting for partially language-proficient patients: Participation in multilingual constellations (by Meyer, Bernd); 8. 5. Code-switching and coordination in interpreter-mediated interaction (by Anderson, Laurie); 9. 6. Ad hoc-interpreting in multilingual work meetings: Who translates for whom? (by Traverso, Veronique); 10. 7. Gaze, positioning and identity in interpreter-mediated dialogues (by Mason, Ian); 11. 8. Minimal responses in interpreter-mediated medical talk (by Gavioli, Laura); 12. 9. Mediating assessments in healthcare settings (by Zorzi, Daniela); 13. 10. Challenges in interpreters' coordination of the construction of pain (by Angelelli, Claudia V.); 14. 11. Cultural brokerage and overcoming communication barriers: A case study from aphasia (by Penn, Claire); 15. 12. Interpreting as dialogic mediation: The relevance of expansions (by Baraldi, Claudio); 16. Authors' bio sketches; 17. Index

Review :
All these distinctive perspectives and novel avenues supply the readership with fresh food for thought on the hotly debated issue of coordination and its interfaces with mediation and participation, and with nuanced standpoints for a broader and finer scenery of the highly intricate landscape of interpreter-mediated exchanges, of the socio-cultural intricacies underlying them and of the influence of the interpreters’ coordinating and mediating functions. All in all, and not merely to the wide audience in interpreting/translation and interaction studies, this volume will be beneficial to faculty and students in communication studies, conversation analysis, discourse analysis, anthropology and sociology, and to non-academic readers who are keen to understand norms and practices of interactive discourses in cross-cultural and/or cross-linguistic communication. This book is well organized, with a clear focus on the notion of coordination in dialogue interpreting. [...] This is generally an interesting and thought-provoking book. It is a merit that it acknowledges the interpreter’s more visible role, and suggests implications for interpreter education and for training institutional professionals working with interpreters. It will be a valuable resource for practicing interpreters, policy makers, interpreter trainers, those who are working with interpreters, and researchers.