Open AccessDoes Style Matter in Remote Interpreting: A Survey Study of Professional Court Interpreters in Australia
Author(s) -
Ran Yi
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of translation and interpretation studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2754-2602
DOI - 10.32996/ijtis.2022.2.1.7
Subject(s) - interpreter , style (visual arts) , perception , rendering (computer graphics) , psychology , linguistics , social psychology , computer science , visual arts , artificial intelligence , art , philosophy , neuroscience , programming language
In court interpreting, what it is said and how it is said are equally important in face-to-face settings. However, little is known about the views on the content and the form of the interpreted utterances in remote settings. Drawing on questionnaires collected from Australian professional court interpreters, this study investigated the perceptions, views, and professional decisions related to the reproduction of speech style and other linguistic features in remote interpreting. Mode of interpreting and condition of video and audio-only interpreting were compared. The NVivo software was used to analyze qualitative data collected from questionnaires. The findings revealed that speech style and discourse markers have implications for the accuracy of court interpreting in remote circumstances. Most of the respondents held favourable views on rendering stylistic features while interpreting remotely.