ABSTRACT
The role of interpreters in conflict situations is of increasing real world importance. There are ethical, cultural, and professional issues that have yet to be explored, and there is a need for specialised training that addresses the specific contexts in which interpreters perform their duties, considering the situated nature of interpreting in these contexts.
This volume is structured around interpreter training in different contexts of conflict and post-conflict, from military operations and international tribunals to asylum-seeking and refugee, humanitarian, and human rights missions. Themes covered include risk management and communication, ethics and professional demeanour, language technology and its use, intercultural mediation, training in specific contexts, such as conflict resolution and negotiation, and working with trauma. Chapters are authored by experts from around the world with a range of different profiles: military personnel, scholars, the staff of international organisations, and representatives from refugee and asylum-seeker-assisting institutions.
Interpreter Training in Conflict and Post-Conflict Scenarios is key reading both for students and scholars researching interpreting in conflict zones and conflict-related scenarios and for practising and trainee interpreters and mediators working for international organisations and the military.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|45 pages
Training interpreters for the military
part II|38 pages
Training interpreters in the context of international organisations and tribunals
chapter 5|12 pages
Developing interpreter competence
chapter 6|12 pages
Resourcefulness when resources are lacking
part III|82 pages
Training interpreters to work with refugees in national and regional contexts
chapter 8|13 pages
Interpreters' training needs in refugee humanitarian crises
chapter 9|15 pages
Interpreting for vulnerable populations
chapter 10|17 pages
Interpreting in an asylum context
part IV|41 pages
Crosscutting implications of interpreter training in conflict and post-conflict scenarios