Open Accessimpact of context on community interpreting research, practice & training
Author(s) -
Esther de Boe,
Katalin Balogh,
Heidi Salaets
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
linguistica antverpiensia new series - themes in translation studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2295-5739
DOI - 10.52034/lanstts.v20i.695
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , variety (cybernetics) , training (meteorology) , community of practice , sociology , psychology , epistemology , computer science , social science , geography , artificial intelligence , philosophy , archaeology , meteorology
Although the notion of context is omnipresent in research in interpreting studies (IS), especially in community settings, and defines the ways in which interpreting is being practised, researched and trained, it has not yet been recognized or defined as a topic in its own right, at least not within IS. Starting from some theoretical notions on the concept of context, this article moves on to discuss different levels of context, namely, geographical, socio-institutional and interactional. By means of examples from a variety of settings in community interpreting (CI), it shows how the different levels of context interact, and, in these ways, have an impact on CI practice, research and training.