Norms and gender in simultaneous interpreting: a study of connective markers

Abstract

This paper focuses on a possible gender-based approach towards norms in simultaneous interpreting by analysing the use of connective markers by male and female interpreters to reveal patterns of interpreters' handling of translational norms. Drawing on the 2008 subcorpus of EPICG with French source texts and their English and Dutch interpretations, the present study checks whether male and female interpreters translate, omit or add connective markers in the same way. The results are then tested against other parameters which might have an influence such as language, speech delivery rate or the gender of the speaker. It appears that the interpreter's gender does not affect the use of connective markers. As for the other parameters under study, it seems that only speech delivery rate significantly impacts the interpreters' performances, especially when it comes to the omission of connective markers.

Interaction Between Gender and Translation (1995-2022): A Systematic Literature Review

“…Thus, the influence of translators/interpreters' gender affiliation on translation/interpretation is not constant across studies. Scholars have provided possible explanations: (1) The speech delivery rate, rather than the interpreters' gender affiliation, influenced interpreting (Magnifico & Defrancq, 2020). ( 2) Female interpreters used more methods like additions, for instance, because either the research sample size was small, or women used more tentative solutions to avoid criticism (Magnifico & Defrancq, 2017).…”

Estereotipos relativos a la edad y el sexo aplicados a la comunicación mediada por intérpretes de conferencias

“…Lucila Christen y Gracia les (Nakane, 2008) o las diferencias entre los sexos frente a los actos de amenaza facial y el uso de atenuantes (hedges) en el tratamiento de la cortesía en IS en el Parlamento Europeo (Magnifico, 2017). Cabe señalar otros estudios centrados en la influencia del sexo del intérprete en el desfasamiento al interpretar (Ear-Voice-Span), en los que se señala que la duración del desfasamiento varía significativamente entre las y los intérpretes (Collard & Defrancq, 2017, 2019 o aquel en el que se concluye que los conectores varían en función de las normas en interpretación y el sexo del intérprete (Magnifico & Defrancq, 2020). Por último, según Bartłomiejczyk (2020), las intérpretes tienden a mitigar las faltas de cortesía graves e intencionadas en mayor medida que los intérpretes masculinos.…”