Interpreting as Interaction

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by  Cecilia Wadensjö

InterpreatsiI nngt eraction
Cecilia Wadensjo

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Knowledagnedb esptr actiinc et hisa rficeeo lnds tancthlayn giAnsg .n erwe seaarncdhe x
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orm edictarle atmentb emcaoymn ee cessary.
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evaluatinugs ianangnd yi nformatimoent,h odcso,m poundse,x poerr imednetssc ribed
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Contents

AuthoArc'ksn owledgements xi
PublishAecrk'nso wledgements Xlll
GenerEadli toPrr'esf ace xiv

TranscriCpotnivoenn tions xxi

1
1. Jusatn o rdinahreya ring
1.T het hemeosft hibso ok 3

1.1De.s cripbteifoopnrr ee scription 4
12..I nterprveetrisnaugds v ocacy 5
13..T hec hannmeelt aphor 7
14..M ultilingausan loirsmma lity 9
15..A communicaptaidsvet e r ois 10
16..I nterprienst oecrise steyr v-ice
and control 12
2.H owt hibso oiks o rganized 14
2.1G.ro unditnhge ories 16
2.2E.xp loraiuntgh enntoinc-,e xperidmaetnat al1 7
2.3D.ra wicnogn clusions 19
2. Talka st exatn dt alaks a ctivity 21
1.O pposianngd interdevpieenwdse nt 21
1.1Te.x t-prodvuscs.ti itouna steends e-making2 2
12..A casienc ourt 23
13..A lternaatnidvc eosm plements 24
2.T ranslasttiuodn-i aensi nter-discipline 25
2.1Th.e w rittleann guage bias 26
2.2T.ra nslataanbdill aintgyu amgeet aphors 27
2.3T.ra nslatnioornmasl 29
2.4T.ra nslaatsmo orrsa hlu manb einogrs
inforimoant-procseyssstienmgs 30
v
viC ONTENTS
3.I ns earocfha t heoorfys ense-making 32
3..1 Lat heorsieen sd e 32
3.2T.al aks t exatn dt ranslaaste iqouni vatleexntt 35
3.3A. m attoefrs emantaincdas m attoefr

perspectives 36
4.M onologidsima,l ogainsdsm t udioenis n terpret3i8n g
4.1B.ak htsit nh'e oorfyt hae pproprioaft ion
others' words 38
4.2M.ea ninagnsdt hdei aloogrigca nizoaft ion
languaugsee 39
4.3A.bs trnaocrtm asn dc oncraecttes 41
4.4E.qu ivalbeentcwee teenx atnsd o/rf ocal
evenitnsa fi elodf a ction 42
4.5C.on ceptturaalp s 43
4.6I.mp licaftoirroe nsse aornci hn stitutional
discourse 44
3. Communitiyn terpretgionign:pg r ofessional 48
1.D efincionmgm uniitnyt erpreting 49

1.1A .p rofeisns iioinntf sa ncy 50
12..A fewn oteosnt hle abomuarr ket 52
2.E ducatainodcn e rtification 54
2.1P.io neeerfifnog-r tafs e we xamples 55
2.2P.ro fessioCnoadleiossfC m o,n duacntd
usergsu'i des 58
4. Interpreatnedro st heirn termediaries 61
1.I tt aketsh reteom akea ni ntermediary 62
1.1In.t ermedbieatrwieemesan j oraintdy
minority 62
12..M ythasb oumte diatroorlse's 63
13..F ormaliaznedsd p ontanienotuesr mediar6i4es
14..N on-per-spoenosp plree sebnuttt reated
asa bsent 66
15..G atekeepers -intbeertmweeldeainya ries
peopalned i nstitutions 67
2.I nterprienft aecres- toi-nftaecrea ction 69
2.1I.nt erprienfit eelrdsw ork 69
2.2C.ol onainadpl o st-coilnotneiraplr eting 70
2.3T.he b ilincgouuarlt room 72
CONTENTviSi
2.4T.he i nterp-react hearl letnotg hele egwaolr ld7 3
2.5O.nn aturalinnce osnsv ersaantid'o nna tural
translation' 76
2.6H.id denno rmisn r eseaornci hn terpretin7g9

5. Discourssteu di-eosn m ethoda nda nalytical

81
framework
1.S ociraoll- en ormattiyvpei,ac nadlp ersonal
standards 82
1.1Ro.l aen alysis and situaactteidv isty8ys4 t ems of
12..P articiapantdii notne raocrtdieorn 87
13..' Particiipnsa ttiuodnio'eni s n terpreting8 9
2.C ollecdtaitn-agr ecordainndtg r anscribing 94
2.1O.nt he' naturaolfnr eescso'r ddaetda 95
2.2S.u bejctasn dc onfidentiality 98
2.3T.ra nscri-ptainao nnasl yatnidac d idacttoioc1l 0 0
6. Ideailn terpreatnidna gc tuaple rformance 130
1.T extusatlr uctiunir netse rpreter-tmaeldki at1e40d

1.1In.t erpraestt irnagn sla'tcilnoagsn:ed '
'diverrgeenndti't ions 160
12..I nterpraestc ionogr dinatteixntgvu:sa .l
interacotriioennatla tion 180
13..T her elatiovfci ltoys eness 110
2." Andc an ysohuo w where?" 110
2.1I.mp liccoiotr dinaattti hoeen x penosfe
closeness 111
2.2C.lo ster anslaantdii omnp liccoiotrn daition 116
2.3O.nt hce onditfiooernx sp liccoiotr dinati1on1 8
3." Shceo ugihsnt hiwsa y(.a)n di ti sa dcryo ugh" 119
3.1C.lo saen de xpandtirnagn slating 122
3.2C.lo saen ds ubstitturtainnsgl ating 125
4." Juass te cond" 127
4.1E.xp liccoiotr dinaantdir oend uctirnagn slat1i82n g
4.2O.nc onventimoenaanolsf c ommunicative
coordination 130
4.3E.xp liccoiotr dinaantdiso unm marizing
translating 133
4.4E.x pliccoiodtri natainodtn hber idgoifn g
perspectives 141
viiiC ONTENTS
5.T ranslaatnidcn ogo rdin-attiwnog activities
ino ne 145
5.1T.h ew orko f' diverrgeenndti tions' 146
5.2T.h ec oordinwaotrikon gf' interpreters'

utterances' 148
5.3T.h es peaksinigdo efi nterpreting 149

7. Ina communicatpiavesd et rois 152
1.E xploriinntge rpredtieart-iemndet eraocrtdieorn 152
1.1F.u nctiooftn asl -kg lobaalnldly o cally
situated 154
12..O nt he rdiibsuttoifro ens ponsibility1 55
2. "Ih ave rteot rmayisne lf" 156
2.1N.e gotiating appronpergioattiea ttianlgk -

wordm eaning 159
2.2M.i tigaatnidod ni scoucrosnet rol 162
2.3C.o mmunica'trievpeaa inrdc' h angoefs
'footing' 146
3. "Sawyh ahte s aynso w" 166

3.1M.u tualolpyp osienxgp ectaotnit ohners o le
ofi nterpreter 175
3.2D.i mensioofn' sf ace-wionir nkt'e rpreter-
mediatiendt eraction 177
4. "Ita'llblle h unky-dory" 197
4.1C.h ildirnein n terpreter-imnetdeiraatcetdi1 o8n4
5." Aboufto uyre arasg o?" 186
5.1C.o -authsotraetde maenndto sv erlaptpailnkg1 90
6.C onclusion -cahnadcl oluenntgeersm easure1s9 1
6.1C.o mpetivnige ws caonmdp etaicntgi viti1es92

8. Communicatiaonnd m iscommunication 197
1.P roblemat'iuznidnegr standing' 197
11..U nderstan-daip nugb lcioco,p erative
activity 198
12..M iscommuniceavteinotns 201
13..I ngrisdt'osro ynv: a rioluesv eolfs
understanding 203
2. "Wem isundersetaocoohtd h e.r." . 205
3. "Havbee edni vorced" 211
4." Meo ru s?" 216
5." You mentpiaornaesdi tes" 223
CONTENTiSx
6." Howi st hilso okuepdo n?" 228
7. Resourfcocero mmunicaatnidso onu rocfe
miscommunication 232
71..' Trousboluer cienis n't erpmreedtiera-ted

interaction 233
7.2T.u rn-taaknidtn hgf er agmentoaft ion

discourse 234
7.3N.o n-stanbdaacrkd- channelling 236
7.4I.n terproetthien(rgms i's )understand2i3n7g

9. When Is ayw haty oum ean 239
1.P roblemat'inzeiuntgr ality' 240
1.1T.h er elevaonfec xep lordiinrgea cntd

reported speech 241

12..' Displaaynid'n rge'p lawyhianotgt 'h ers
mean staoy 246
2. "Shsea ynso:I, 'mre ferrtiocn agr s" 248

2.1S.t icktiotn hge leotr.t e.?r ., 251
3.1 1A ndt hesya yt ha.t." . 252
3.1S.t ayicnlgo sbeelhyi nudn i-ntended
consequences 255
4. "Cayno ua skh imt o comment" 255
41..S trictannedss ism plification 259
5. "Shgeo eyse:s " 260
5.1S.t ricttnoce osusn teermabcatr rassment 262
6." Whaitst hiTsh?e ys ayi:t o'ksa y" 263
61..B uilduipnognt hpea rticiipnavnotlsv'e me2n6t6
7. "Woulydo ua llomwe taod d?" 267
71..T hew orko fs ameneasnsdc ontrast 270
8.T hea nalysaisnpgeo cft reported speec2h7 1
8.1I.n terpr-eatnianlgy ttircaanls miosfs ion
anothesrp'ese ch 272
8.2'.R elaybiyrn egp lay-ipnogs's ibialnidt ies
limitations 273
10. Bridgignagp sa nds ustaindiinfgf erences 275
1.T ranslaitnii nntge rpr-eitnai d niga logfircaamle 276
1.1R.a tionaolfit triaenss lation 276
12..I nterprseetrevraisnc,ed c ontrol 278
13..P articipfartaimoewno -rmko deosf
listeannidns gp eaking 279
x CONTENTS
14..J oiancth ieveomfeu nntd ersta-nodfif nagc ts
anda lignments 280
15..I nstituatnidol narayal t ionalities 282
16..P roblematniezuitnrga lity 283

2. Interpraentdpe rrosf essio-naac loinscml usion2 85
2.1E.v aluaptrionfge ssionalism 286

2.2A. l ooakh ead 288
Bibliography 291
Index 304
AuthoIrn dex 310
AuthorA'csk nowledgements

Thibso oiksa boudti aloignutee rpraenta icntgi,v ityi nvw ahriicohu s
waysh asf ormeadm ajopra rotfm y professliiofoneva eltr h ep ast
twod ecadWeosr.k iwnig tihn terpraesta i fnrge,e lance interpreter

and aa rse searcIh ehra,v e lbuecektnyo m eet macnoyl leagues

whoh avgee nerosuhsalrye d itnhseiigrht thsce o imnp laenxdf ascin­
atiwnogr lodfc ommunicaitnfi aocne -toi-nftaecroean cI.tn iterpreters
areu sedt on ot being sseoemne,t iampnerdsi d teh emselovne s

'disappeianrt ihnebg a'c kgroIuw nodu.l d hbaep piyf t hibso ok
contribtuomt aeksi ng them and thmeoirrev ipsriobflees.s ion
The stuwdhiiecsh ftohrebm a sist hoibfso owke re funded by
grants frSowme dfiogsurhra nt-gbiovdiinegs , Iwm hoiscgthr ate­
fulalcyk nowleTdhgeBe a:n ko fS wedeTne rcentenary Foundation
(8/944)T,h eS wediCsohu ncfiolRr e searicnth h eH umanitaineds
Social S(ciF4e 0n2c:e8Ts7h )eS, w ediMsihn isotfr yL ab(oDuErOI F
34/8a9n)dt hSe wediCsohu ncfiolSr o ciRaels ear(c9h3 -22:010A).
Theb oodke velothposu gahtnsdp erspecwthiivceIhs firpsrte ­
sentiendm y Ph.Dt.h es(iWasd ens1j99o2 )T.h iesa rlsyt agoeft he
presebnoto k-prboejneecfitet neodr moufrsolmyc onstruacntdci rviet ­
icaclo mments fromc ovlalreiaogiuunpse a sr,t icPuelra rL imnye ll,

formaedrv isaonrda, l sfroo mK ariAnr onssAonnn,- CarEivtaal dsson
andR ogeSra ljIoa .m lucktyo habveee n atbopl reo fiftr omth e
generaonudsc reataitvmeo sphoeftr heDe e partmoefCn otm munica­
tion StautLd iinekso pUinnigv eraslistaoysa p ost-graduate. Among
the guest-rewsheoah racvhehe erlsp,em da deL inkopai nrgi ch
environfmoecrno tn ducrteisnega Irw cihs,th o m entiionpn a rticular
JorBge rgmanwnh,o r eamdy thesaissa faculotpyp oneanntd,
encouramgee tdo sneeewp otentfioadrle sv elopmaenndDt a,v id
Middeltonw,h og avceo nstrufceteidvbeat cotk h el ascth aptoefr
thne ewm anuscript.
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xiiA UTHOR'SA CKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Overt hey earas n,u mbeorf p eop-lei nterprientsetrrsu,c tors,
studernetsse,a rcahnedor tsh e-rhsa vhee lpmeedc lartihfteyh eor­
eticmaelt,h odoloagnidec mapli riicsasluw ehsi cahr ee xploirne d
thibso okIh. i ghalpyp rectihafete ee dbIah cakv e recferiovpmea dr ­

ticipants afto rvuamwrshi eorpueas r tosft hep resewnotr kw ere
presenstuecdah,s t raincionugr sfeosr interspermeitneaarrnssd,

confereinn pcreasg matsioccsi,o lingsuoicsiataniltc hsr,o potlroagnys,­
latiaonndi nterpgr.Te htainnktsot hosweh oi nvitmeed.
Abovael Ilw ,i stho t hank CCharnidsl Gienn,e rEadli toofr the
LanguianSg oecL iiaSfleer iwehso,s geu idanacned suggewsetrieo ns
moshte lpfiunpl r oductihnfiegn avle rsiooftn h mea nuscrSippet­.
ciatlh antkosG raham TuHr.n feorr chriist pircoaolf reaodfmi yn g
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interpraentdte hrpese opwlheo occasionaltlhyea isrns eiesdteadn ce
inc ommunicattihnogsw eh- ov oluntefeormrey d d atcao llections.

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