Susan Berk-Seligson

The Bilingual Courtroom (eBook, ePUB)

Court Interpreters in the Judicial Process

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"An essential text" that examines how interpreters can influence a courtroom, updated and expanded to cover contemporary issues in our diversifying society ( Criminal Justice). Susan Berk-Seligson's groundbreaking book presents a systematic study of court interpreters that raises some alarming and vitally important concerns. Contrary to the assumption that interpreters do not affect the dynamics of court proceedings, Berk-Seligson shows that interpreters could potentially make the difference between a defendant being found guilty or not guilty. The Bilingual Courtroom draws on more than one hundred hours of audio recordings of Spanish/English court proceedings in federal, state, and municipal courts, along with a number of psycholinguistic experiments involving mock juror reactions to interpreted testimony. This second edition includes an updated review of relevant research and provides new insights into interpreting in quasi-judicial, informal, and specialized judicial settings, such as small claims court, jails, and prisons. It also explores remote interpreting (for example, by telephone), interpreter training and certification, international trials and tribunals, and other cross-cultural issues. With a new preface by Berk-Seligson, this second edition not only highlights the impact of the previous versions of The Bilingual Courtroom, but also draws attention to the continued need for critical study of interpreting in our ever diversifying society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: The University of Chicago Press
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780226329475
• Artikelnr.: 48408515

Autorenporträt

Susan Berk-Seligson is research professor of Spanish linguistics in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, an affiliate faculty member of the Center for Latin American Studies, and a faculty fellow in the Latin American Public Opinion Project, all at Vanderbilt University. She is the author of Coerced Confessions: The Discourse of Bilingual Police Interrogations.