Natural selections: regularities observed in a case of untrained ad hoc academic interpreting

Authors

  • William F. Hanes Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/tradterm.2014.85574

Keywords:

Consecutive interpreting, Competence development, Interpreter training, Ad hoc, Co-constructor

Abstract

A case is presented in which a doctoral student in Scientific and Technological Education with no prior experience was asked to interpret a lecture by a foreign colleague with minimal preparation. The event was recorded and regularities in communication behavior were determined for both speaker and interpreter. Through these regularities in positioning, inferences were drawn regarding their assumptions about the interpretation act. Background information was obtained in an interview with the interpreter. Standing out among the findings was the high visibility of the interpreter, interposing herself both physically and by means of discourse between the audience and speaker, and this marginalization was tacitly accepted by the speaker, indicating a shared view of the interpreter as an acknowledged active participant and (re)shaper of the transmitted discourse.

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Author Biography

  • William F. Hanes, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

    Doutorando na Pós-Graduação em Estudos da Tradução da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, escrevendo sobre a política linguística nos últimos 100 anos na revista científica interdisciplinar Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Atualmente realiza parte de sua pesquisa na University of Antwerp. Participou do curso de verão do CETRA (Centre for Translation Studies) em 2013, e tem ampla experiência como editor e tradutor de artigos científicos (português – inglês) e como professor de inglês nos Estados Unidos e no Brasil, havendo desenvolvido um curso de escrita científica para falantes não nativos de língua inglesa pós-graduados.

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Published

2014-10-15

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How to Cite

Hanes, W. F. (2014). Natural selections: regularities observed in a case of untrained ad hoc academic interpreting. TradTerm, 23, 141-163. https://doi.org/10.11606/tradterm.2014.85574