Community interpreting services by marriage migrants for marriage migrants in South Korea

Lee, Jieun; Choi, Moonsun; Huh, Jiun; Aili, Chang

doi:10.1080/0907676x.2015.1052524

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“…After attaining a level 4 in the TOPIK, the Test of Proficiency in Korean, marriage migrant women become eligible to apply for jobs at the MFSCs or other non‐governmental organizations (NGOs) that are funded or legitimized by the government. Just in the case of MFSCs, this number stands at 258 marriage migrant staff members of all ethnicities specializing in translating and interpreting in 198 centers across the nation, offering services in 12 different languages including Vietnamese, Chinese, Kazakh, Thai, Tagalog and Khmer (Lee JE et al ., : 5). There are hindrances to the women's work and they exist in the form of lack of professional training or having to face bias and prejudice.…”

Section: Vietnamese Female Marriage Migrant Activists In South Koreamentioning

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Governing through mobilities and the expansion of spatial capability of Vietnamese marriage migrant activist women in South Korea

Kim

Shin

2018

Singap J Trop Geogr

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This paper revisits the debate on marriage migration by highlighting the role of governing power and individual response in the process of migration decision‐making and post‐settlement of Vietnamese marriage migrant activist women in South Korea. It contributes to current marriage migration debates by employing the lens of ‘governmobility’ and ‘spatial capability’. The research looks at how female migrant activists maneuver coercion, resistance, and activism, both governed by nation‐state politics, but also actively deciding their fate amidst pressures of the global marriage market. Based on in‐depth interviews with 21 Vietnamese marriage migrant women who have worked in mentoring, counselling and translating for other Vietnamese migrants, our findings demonstrate that marriage migrants are positioned in between two nation‐states whose perspectival focus is on relieving the tensions of their own domestic job and marital markets. At the same time, these women have broken free from the inertia of socio‐familial status quo and state intervention to become self‐governing agents of mobility in various stages of their migration and adaptation. Fueled on by their position as activists, the marriage migrants then expand their spatial capability to place‐making—shifting the notion of freedom from simply taking part in mobility to reshaping their locale.

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Section: Vietnamese Female Marriage Migrant Activists In South Koreamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, with these positions, they were able to go beyond simple translation work or counselling (Lee JE et al . ).…”

Section: Vietnamese Female Marriage Migrant Activists In South Koreamentioning

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Governing through mobilities and the expansion of spatial capability of Vietnamese marriage migrant activist women in South Korea

Kim

Shin

2018

Singap J Trop Geogr

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South Korea: Community Interpreting in South Korea—A Case Study of Police Interpreting

Lee

2023

Palgrave Studies in Translating and Interpreting

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A Literature Review on Gender in Interpreting: Implications for Healthcare Interpreting

Vicente

2023

New Frontiers in Translation Studies

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Community interpreting services by marriage migrants for marriage migrants in South Korea

Cited by 8 publications

References 22 publications

Governing through mobilities and the expansion of spatial capability of Vietnamese marriage migrant activist women in South Korea

Governing through mobilities and the expansion of spatial capability of Vietnamese marriage migrant activist women in South Korea

South Korea: Community Interpreting in South Korea—A Case Study of Police Interpreting

A Literature Review on Gender in Interpreting: Implications for Healthcare Interpreting

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