Language brokering: Mediated manipulations, and the agency of the interpreter/translator

Elaine Bauer

doi:10.1075/btl.129.18bau

Language brokering: Mediated manipulations, and the agency of the interpreter/translator

Elaine Bauer

Law and Social Sciences

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Abstract

Language brokering is a common phenomenon among children of migrants, whereby the child mediates between a parent and a different language speaker. This paper uses data from a UK study to explore the retrospective childhood experiences of adults who grew up interpreting and translating for their parents. It examines the ways in which children perform as agents during language brokering, converting meanings in one language into meanings in another in order to achieve particular goals. The paper analyses ways in which adults report that they exercised this form of agency in childhood, and how they feel this influenced their adult identities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Non-professional Interpreting and Translation: State of the art and future of an emerging field of research
Place of Publication	Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Publisher	John Benjamins Publishing
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.129.18bau https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.129.18bau
Publication status	Published - 19 Jun 2017
Event	University of Strasbourg Winterschool « Biographical evaluation of language policies by migrants in Europe - Duration: 19 Jun 2017 → …

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Conference	University of Strasbourg Winterschool « Biographical evaluation of language policies by migrants in Europe
Period	19/06/17 → …

Keywords

language brokering
translating and interpreting
censoring and manipulating information
adult retrospective experience

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Bauer, E 2017, Language brokering: Mediated manipulations, and the agency of the interpreter/translator. in Non-professional Interpreting and Translation: State of the art and future of an emerging field of research. John Benjamins Publishing, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, University of Strasbourg Winterschool « Biographical evaluation of language policies by migrants in Europe, 19/06/17. https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.129.18bau, https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.129.18bau

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