The Routledge Encyclopedia of Interpreting Studies is the authoritative reference for anyone
with an academic or professional interest in interpreting. Drawing on the expertise of an …

The Handbook is a unique work of reference to the leading ideas, debates, topics,
approaches and methodologies in forensic linguistics and language and the law. It …

Although translation and interpreting have been described as the world's “second oldest
profession”, the scholarly study of translation and interpreting is a fairly recent phenomenon …

Police interviewers in English-speaking countries increasingly conduct interviews via an
interpreter with suspects and witnesses who do not speak English. Oral communication in …

Despite the controversial discussion around the definition and extent of the role of
interpreters in legal settings (Hale, 2008), academics, practisearchers and increasingly …

This paper analyses interpreting activities performed by intercultural mediators in Italian
healthcare services. It proposes a reflection on the type of professionalism that seems to be …

This study explores interaction in two authentic interpreter-mediated police interviews with
suspects. The analysis focuses on the interpreting regime used: stand-by interpreting. The …

When information is elicited from children in a criminal context, both their ability and
willingness to disclose is at stake. In law, the communicative vulnerability of children is …

This paper deals with the social construction of migrants' personal problems of social
inclusion in an Italian Migrant Support Centre. This Centre has the function of delivering …

This article presents the findings of the analysis of authentic interpreter-mediated police
interviews with victim-survivors of domestic abuse with a focus on question formation and …