Public service interpreting for Chinese immigrants in Catalonia

Public service interpreting (PSI) for the Chinese is a reality in many European states. However, research on the specificities of interpreting for this community is rather scarce. I therefore conducted a study to shed light on this topic, focusing on PSI for the Chinese in Catalonia, a region where...

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Autor: Vargas-Urpi, Mireia|||0000-0001-6302-581X
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1080/14708477.2014.934691
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Public service interpreting
Community interpreting
Intercultural mediation
Chinese
Intercultural communication
Catalonia
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spelling Public service interpreting for Chinese immigrants in Cataloniaa study based on intepreters', coordinators' and users' viewsVargas-Urpi, Mireia|||0000-0001-6302-581XPublic service interpretingCommunity interpretingIntercultural mediationChineseIntercultural communicationCataloniaPublic service interpreting (PSI) for the Chinese is a reality in many European states. However, research on the specificities of interpreting for this community is rather scarce. I therefore conducted a study to shed light on this topic, focusing on PSI for the Chinese in Catalonia, a region where this service began only relatively recently. This paper discusses the results of the research. The research was conducted using a mixed method. Qualitative interviews were held with interpreters and mediators who work with Chinese people and with coordinators of PSI and intercultural mediation, while quantitative questionnaires were distributed among Chinese users of public services. The three sets of data were analysed independently, and triangulation was used to validate the results and to compare and contrast the information collected from each sample of informants. This article presents the triangulation and elucidates some specificities and challenges of PSI for the Chinese, namely, Chinese linguistic diversity, mediating between cultures and gaining users' trust. The discussion and conclusions stress the importance of including specific strategies to face these challenges in training and education, while also underlining the critical role of coordinators in the professionalisation of PSI.La interpretación en los servicio públicos (ISP) con el colectivo chino es una realidad en muchos países europeos. Realizamos el presente estudio con el fin de arrojar luz a esta nueva práctica, centrándonos en la ISP para el colectivo chino en Cataluña. Nuestra investigación se realizó a partir de un método mixto. Se realizaron entrevistas cualitativas con intérpretes y mediadores que trabajan para el colectivo chino y con coordinadores de servicios de ISP y de mediación intercultural. Por otro lado, se distribuyeron cuestionarios cuantitativos a usuarios chinos de los servicios públiocs. Los tres corpus de datos se analizaron por separado y, a continuación, se utilizó la triangulación para validar los resultados y comparar y contrastar la información obtenida de cada muestra de informantes. Este artículo presenta la triangulación y dilucida algunas de las especificidades y retos de la ISP para el colectivo chino, como pueden ser la diversidad lingüística del chino, la mediación entre culturas o la cuestión de la confianza. La discusión y las conclusiones enfatizan la importancia de incluir estrategias específicas para afrontar estos retos en los cursos de formación, y subrayan también el rol clave que tienen los coordinadores en el desarrollo de la profesión. 22014-01-0120142014-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501AMhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/132382https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1080/14708477.2014.934691reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengMinisterio de Ciencia e Innovación https://doi.org/10.13039/501100004837 FFI2011-29090open accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest material està protegit per drets d'autor i/o drets afins. Podeu utilitzar aquest material en funció del que permet la legislació de drets d'autor i drets afins d'aplicació al vostre cas. Per a d'altres usos heu d'obtenir permís del(s) titular(s) de drets.https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:1323822026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Public service interpreting for Chinese immigrants in Catalonia
a study based on intepreters', coordinators' and users' views
title Public service interpreting for Chinese immigrants in Catalonia
spellingShingle Public service interpreting for Chinese immigrants in Catalonia
Vargas-Urpi, Mireia|||0000-0001-6302-581X
Public service interpreting
Community interpreting
Intercultural mediation
Chinese
Intercultural communication
Catalonia
title_short Public service interpreting for Chinese immigrants in Catalonia
title_full Public service interpreting for Chinese immigrants in Catalonia
title_fullStr Public service interpreting for Chinese immigrants in Catalonia
title_full_unstemmed Public service interpreting for Chinese immigrants in Catalonia
title_sort Public service interpreting for Chinese immigrants in Catalonia
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Vargas-Urpi, Mireia|||0000-0001-6302-581X
author Vargas-Urpi, Mireia|||0000-0001-6302-581X
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Public service interpreting
Community interpreting
Intercultural mediation
Chinese
Intercultural communication
Catalonia
topic Public service interpreting
Community interpreting
Intercultural mediation
Chinese
Intercultural communication
Catalonia
description Public service interpreting (PSI) for the Chinese is a reality in many European states. However, research on the specificities of interpreting for this community is rather scarce. I therefore conducted a study to shed light on this topic, focusing on PSI for the Chinese in Catalonia, a region where this service began only relatively recently. This paper discusses the results of the research. The research was conducted using a mixed method. Qualitative interviews were held with interpreters and mediators who work with Chinese people and with coordinators of PSI and intercultural mediation, while quantitative questionnaires were distributed among Chinese users of public services. The three sets of data were analysed independently, and triangulation was used to validate the results and to compare and contrast the information collected from each sample of informants. This article presents the triangulation and elucidates some specificities and challenges of PSI for the Chinese, namely, Chinese linguistic diversity, mediating between cultures and gaining users' trust. The discussion and conclusions stress the importance of including specific strategies to face these challenges in training and education, while also underlining the critical role of coordinators in the professionalisation of PSI.
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