The Bilingual Courtroom: Court Interpreters in the Judicial Process (Language and Legal Discourse) - Softcover

Berk-Seligson, Susan

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ISBN 10: 0226043789 ISBN 13: 9780226043784

Verlag: University of Chicago Press, 2002

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Book by BerkSeligson Susan

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Drawing on more than one hundred hours of taped recordings of Spanish/English court proceedings in federal, state, and municipal courts—along with extensive psycholinguistic research using translated testimony and mock jurors—Susan Berk-Seligson's seminal book presents a systematic study of court interpreters, and raises some alarming, vitally important concerns: contrary to the assumption that interpreters do not affect the contents of court proceedings, they could potentially make the difference between a defendant being found guilty or innocent of a crime.

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Winner of the British Association for Applied Linguistics' annual award for Outstanding Book in the Field of Applied Linguistics

Drawing on more than one hundred hours of taped recordings of Spanish and English court proceedings-along with extensive psycholinguistic research using translated testimony and mock jurors-Susan Berk-Seligson's seminal book presents a systematic study of court interpreting issues. Now with a new chapter, it continues to raise some alarming concerns around a crucial point: contrary to the assumption that interpreters do not affect the outcomes of court proceedings, they potentially can make the difference between a defendant being found guilty or innocent of a crime.

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• Verlag: University of Chicago Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0226043789
• ISBN 13: 9780226043784
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336