Abstract Though interpreters’ professionalism has been discussed in interpreting studies, there have few studies on how the general public see image of interpreters. The present study is a multi-dimensional analysis conference interpreters as represented by media, which based corpus 60 news reports about and Chinese media past 10 years. It explores research question: How are media? Through them...

OBJECTIVES Patients with limited English proficiency confront multiple barriers to health care access in the United States. Appropriate language services for families with limited English proficiency are essential; however, little is known about pediatricians' use of language services. The objective of this study was to examine pediatricians' provision of language services to patients with limi...

This study looks at the delivery of the Family-Nurse Partnership (FNP) in England with interpreters. This home-visiting programme for vulnerable, young first-time mothers is known in the USA as the Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP). FNP is manualised with a number of fidelity targets and stretch objectives. This study covers the first two phases, pregnancy and infancy (up to 12 months). The progra...

I return to the question of what distinguishes AOP languages by considering how the interpreters of AOP languages differ from conventional interpreters. Key elements for static transformation are seen to be redefinition of the set and lookup operators in the interpretation of the language. This analysis also yields a definition of crosscutting in terms of interlacing of interpreter actions.

In this paper we will attempt to establish the reasons for low-quality performance of court interpreters in context criminal proceedings courts Barcelona. Drawing on a corpus authentic recorded hearings, explore four possible factors that may have an impact interpreters’ performance: length hearing, conversation management problems, experience, and type offence being tried. Furthermore, also an...