The ethical task of the translator in the geo-political arena

Inghilleri, Moira

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“…Notes 1. In recent years, sadly, a large number of accounts of interpretation-related violence in different settings have arisen; see, among many other cases, interpreting in "detention camp" Guantánamo or in the Afghanistan war (Inghilleri 2008(Inghilleri , 2012Migliani 2010; for a survey, see Kahane 2007). …”

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“German speakers, step forward!”

Wolf¹

2013

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In Nazi concentration camps the prisoners were frequently of 30 to 40 different nationalities, and German and Polish Jews were in the majority. With German as the only official language in the lager, communication was vital for the prisoners' survival. In the last few decades, there has been extensive research on the language inmates used (referred to as "lagerszpracha, " "lagerjargon, " or "Krematorium-Esperanto"); investigation, however, of the mediating role of interpreters between SS guards and prisoners, on the one hand, and among inmates, on the other, has been nearly inexistent. This paper claims that the different kinds of interpreting activities shaped the everyday life in concentration camps considerably. In what way has interpreting contributed to the survival of the deported? Did interpreting have an impact on the hierarchical order imposed on the prisoners? What metaphors can best describe the interpreting activity in order to convey the extreme terror the lager prisoners experienced? These questions will be explored through a series of survivor accounts.

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“German speakers, step forward!”

Wolf¹

2013

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“…Gao Wenjun [4] had pointed out that interpreters need not only verbal skills but also non-verbal skills,such as good memory and quick adaptation ability to changing situations. Moira Inghilleri [5] and Mona Baker [6] and other researchers had pointed out the concept of "cultural conflict" from the perspective of politics. Those researchers had focused on the different levels of translation had different influences on politics or even wars.…”

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Flexibility and Invisibility of Interpreters of Foreign Trade Business

Jiang¹,

Feng²

2019

Proceedings of the 3rd International Seminar on Education Innovation and Economic Management (SEIEM 2018)

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Interpreter's invisibility not only refers to the interpretation strategy, but also refers to the invisible yet artificial traces during the interpretation performance. Interpreter's performance will directly show in the interpretation tasks immediately. So the flexibility and invisibility is a major research topic for it could help the MTI students and new interpreters to understand more about interpretation business. In this paper, a detailed analysis of real foreign trade business examples was made through literature survey method and comparative study method. The purpose of this paper is to help MTI students or interpreters have an overall understanding of relevant theories and key concept of the subjectivity of interpreters. Consequently, enable universities in China with MTI program to add some thinking of interpreter's subjectivity in curriculum arrangement too.

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“…Highly globalised conflicts such as the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, or the continued occupation of Palestine as well as the so-called «war on terror» in the wake of the terrorist attacks in New York of 2001 have additionally foregrounded the complexity of the translators' and interpreters' roles in the construction and representation of conflict situations. The topics dealt with in the wake of the epistemological insights gained from these broadened reflections include the discussion of cultures of military coalitions (in the context of the Second World War, Kujamäki, 2016), the nature of interrogation and torture in war (Andrew and Tobia, 2014), or the constraints laid upon interpreters in conflict zones challenging ethical behaviour (Inghilleri, 2008;Snellman, 2016). This article will discuss the research strand of interpreters in conflict zones in the context of communication in the First World War, with a specific focus on German and Habsburg prisoners of war in Russian detention camps.…”

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«He became our interpreter, our spokesman, he had a leading role!». Interpretar en los campos rusos de prisioneros de la Primera Guerra Mundial

Wolf¹

2019

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Interpreting and translating in conflict zones challenge traditional role models and reveal the enormous potential of power and ambivalence inherent in the mediation activity. This article discusses interpreting situations in Russian prisoner of war camps of the First World War as depicted by prisoners from the German Empire and the Habsburg Monarchy. By highlighting the social functions ascribed to and taken on by the interpreting figures, it will be shown that language mediation was not only constitutive for the implementation and running of the camp organization, but also discloses the ambivalent features which make communication under coercive conditions.

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The ethical task of the translator in the geo-political arena

Cited by 76 publications

References 11 publications

“German speakers, step forward!”

“German speakers, step forward!”

Flexibility and Invisibility of Interpreters of Foreign Trade Business

«He became our interpreter, our spokesman, he had a leading role!». Interpretar en los campos rusos de prisioneros de la Primera Guerra Mundial

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