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Interpreting services for refugees: Hearing voices?

Williams, Lucy (2005) Interpreting services for refugees: Hearing voices? International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, 1 (1). pp. 37-49. ISSN 1747-9894. (doi:10.1108/17479894200500005) (KAR id:797)

Abstract

This article examines current issues in the use of interpreting services, as experienced by refugees and asylum seekers in the UK. The paper begins with a review of relevant literature on interpreting services and relates it to the service context and the specific needs of refugees and asylum seekers. There follows a discussion of a small-scale research project carried out with interpreters working in these services. Recommendations are made which include the need to educate all three parties (the professional employing the interpreter, the interpreter and the client) in not only best practice and practical techniques of working with interpreters, but also broader issues such as the complexity of the interpreting process, the importance of establishing trust, competing agendas and negotiation of meaning that are implicit in the interpretation process.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1108/17479894200500005
Subjects: H Social Sciences
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research
Depositing User: Samantha Osborne
Date Deposited: 19 Dec 2007 18:30 UTC
Last Modified: 09 Mar 2023 11:29 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/797 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Williams, Lucy.

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