Translation and Interpreting Studies
Beyond Equivalence
Reconceptualizing Interpreting Performance Assessment
There is a longstanding need for valid, reliable measurements of interpreting competence. Although rubrics and checklists are commonly used in both academic and employment settings, a review of available ...
Signed Language Interpreting Pedagogy
Insights and Innovations from the Conference of Interpreter Trainers
For over forty years, the Conference of Interpreter Trainers has provided opportunities for advancing teaching and learning in interpreter education. This volume highlights fifteen seminal papers from ...
Legal Interpreting
Teaching, Research, and Practice
Linguistic minorities are often severely disadvantaged in legal events, with consequences that could impact one’s very liberty. Training for interpreters to provide full access in legal settings is ...
Advances in Educational Interpreting
In this follow up to Educational Interpreting: How It Can Succeed, published in 2004, Elizabeth A. Winston and Stephen B. Fitzmaurice present research about the current state of educational interpreting ...
The Role of the Educational Interpreter
Perceptions of Administrators and Teachers
While educational interpreting has been studied for decades, the research has historically focused on the tasks educational interpreters are engaged in during their work day. In The Role of the Educational ...
Deaf People in the Criminal Justice System
Selected Topics on Advocacy, Incarceration, and Social Justice
The legal system is complex, and without appropriate access, many injustices can occur. Deaf people in the criminal justice system are routinely denied sign language interpreters, videophone access, and ...
Interpreting in the Zone
How the Conscious and Unconscious Function in Interpretation
Successful interpretation can feel seamless, an intuitive and efficient translation of meaning from one signed or spoken language to another. Yet the process of interpretation is actually quite complex ...
The Second International Symposium on Signed Language Interpretation and Translation Research
Selected Papers
The Second International Symposium on Signed Language Interpretation and Translation Research was a rare opportunity for hearing and Deaf students, researchers, educators, and practitioners to come together ...
Deaf Eyes on Interpreting
As the ASL-English interpreting field has become professionalized, there is a growing disconnect between interpreters and the Deaf consumers they serve. Whereas interpreting used to be a community-based ...
Video Relay Service Interpreters
Intricacies of Sign Language Access
1st Edition
“Signed language interpreting is about access,” states author Jeremy L. Brunson at the outset of his new book, and no manifestation of access for deaf people can be considered more complex than video ...