What is it about?
This article describes public service interpreting for the Chines population living in Catalonia from a triple perspective: (1) interpreters and mediators, (2) their employers and (3) Chinese users. It deals with linguistic as well as cultural challenges that interpreting in this combination may pose.
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Why is it important?
It is the first study of this kind that focuses on the particular needs of a specific community.
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This article is the synthesis (the main results) of my PhD dissertation, so I am rather proud of it.
Dr Mireia Vargas-Urpi
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
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This page is a summary of: Public service interpreting for Chinese immigrants in Catalonia: a study based on intepreters', coordinators' and users' views, Language and Intercultural Communication, July 2014, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/14708477.2014.934691.
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