Interpreter training: Taking account of intercultural communication
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Jun 30, 2018
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conference interpreting, intercultural communication, intercultural communicative competence
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Communication settings involving interpreters are always instances influenced by intercultural factors, due to the fact that in interpreted communication there is the co-presence of two or more cultural and language systems which inevitably give rise to potential misunderstandings or misinterpretations of the original, intended message issued by the speaker. The point of departure of the study is the understanding that besides being language experts, interpreters also need to acquire intercultural effectiveness in order to successfully practice their profession.
The study discusses basic concepts of intercultural communication and examines the relationship between interpreting and intercultural awareness, particularly focusing on the role and specific skills of the interpreter. To this effect, a survey was carried out among professional interpreters in the Republic of Macedonia. The aim of the survey was to test interpreters’ point of view of the way they perceive their role during the interpretative event. The importance of including the teaching of intercultural communication as part of the interpreter training program at the Faculty of Philology “Blaže Koneski” – Skopje, will also be highlighted.
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Radeva, Biljana, and Emilija Saržoska-Georgievska. 2018. “Interpreter Training: Taking Account of Intercultural Communication”. Journal of Contemporary Philology 1 (1), 33-46. https://doi.org/10.37834/JCP1810033r.
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Copyright © 2014 Blaže Koneski Faculty of Philology, Skopje
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http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/linguistic/Source/Framework_EN.pdf
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Gudykunst, W. B. (2000). Methodological issues in conducting theory-based cross-cultural research. In H. Spencer-Oatey (ed.). Culturally speaking: Managing rapport through talk across cultures, 293–315. London: Continuum.
Gudykunst, W. B. (2005). An anxiety/uncertainty management (AUM) theory of effective communication. In W. B. Gudykunst (ed.) Theorizing about intercultural communication, 281–322. Thousand Oaks. CA: Sage.
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INCA (2004). Intercultural competence assessment. Retrieved from:
http://www.incaproject.org/en_downloads/2_INCA Framework Assessor version eng.pdf
Katan, D. (1999). Translating cultures: An introduction for translators, interpreters and mediators. Manchester: St. Jerome Publishing.
Katan, D. (2009). Translator training and intercultural competence. In S. Cavagnoli, E. Di Giovanni, and R. Merlini (eds.). La ricerca nella communicazione interlinguistica: Modelli teorici e metodologici, 282–301. Milan: Franco Angeli.
Kondo, M., Helen T., Alexieva, B., Dam V. H., Katan, D., Mizuno, A., Setton, R., and Zalka, I. (1997). Intercultural communication, negotiation and interpreting. In Y. Gambier, D. Gile, and C. Taylor (eds.). Conference interpreting: Current trends in research, 149–166. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Kotthoff, H. and Spencer-Oatey, H. (2007). Handbook of intercultural communication. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
Lund, R. (2008). Intercultural competence. Acta Didactica Norge, 2 (1): 1–16.
Namy, C. (1978). Reflections on the training of simultaneous interpreters: A metalinguistic approach. In D. Gerver and W. Sinaiko (eds.). Language interpretation and communication, 25–33. New York: Plenum Press.
Pochhaker, F. (2004). Introducing interpreting studies. London and New York: Routledge.
Prechtl, E. and Davidson-Lund, A. (2007). Intercultural competence and assessment: Perspectives from the INCA project. In H. Kotthoff and H. Spencer-Oatey (eds.). Handbook of intercultural communication, 467–490. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
Risager, K. (2007). Language and culture pedagogy: From a national to a transnational paradigm. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
Samovar, L. A. and Porter, R. E. (1997). Intercultural communication: A reader (8th edn.). Belmont, Ca: Wadsworth Publishing Company.
Seleskovitch, D. (1978). Interpreting for international conferences: Problems of language and communication. Washington D.C.: Pen and Booth.
Seleskovitch, D. and Lederer, M. (1995). A systematic approach to teaching interpretation. Silver Spring, MD: Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf.
Spencer-Oatey, H. (ed.) (2000). Culturally speaking: Managing rapport through talk across cultures. London: Continuum.
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Spencer-Oatey, H. and Xing, J. (1999). The impact of culture on interpreter behavior. In H. Kotthoff and H. Spencer-Oatey (eds.). Handbook of intercultural communication, 219–236. New York: Mouton de Gruyter.
Ting-Toomey, S. (1999). Communicating across cultures. New York: The Guilford Press.
Trompenaars, F. and Hampden-Turner, C. (1997). Riding the waves of culture: Understanding cultural diversity in business (2nd edn.). London: Nicholas Brealy Publishing Limited.
Vulpe, T., Kealey, D., Protheroe, D. and Macdonald, D. (2000). A profile of the interculturally effective person. Ottawa, Canada: Canadian Foreign Office Institute.
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