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Title: | Sociolinguistic influences on the quality of interpreting for foreign African immigrants in South African courtrooms | Authors: | Usadolo, Sam Erevbenagie | Keywords: | Code-switching;Interpreting;Linguistic rights;Notion of equivalence;Terminology | Issue Date: | 31-Jan-2016 | Publisher: | Canadian Center of Science and Education | Source: | Usadolo, S. E. 2016. Sociolinguistic influences on the quality of interpreting for foreign African immigrants in South African courtrooms. International Journal of English Linguistics. 6(1): 13-23. Available: doi:10.5539/ijel.v6n1p13 | Journal: | International Journal of English Linguistics | Abstract: | The study presents some sociolinguistic influences on the quality of interpreting for foreign African immigrants in South African courtrooms. Data was collected using observation of courtroom proceedings and unstructured interviews. The sociolinguistic influences identified can be linked to factors such as the notion of equivalence, misunderstandings about the role of the interpreter by principal actors, code-switching, and interpreting in the first person and third person by interpreters. These factors are discussed in terms of their negative influences on the quality of interpreting and how they can be mitigated. Finally, based on the identified limitation of the study, suggestions for further study are given. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10321/3440 | ISSN: | 1923-869X 1923-8703 (Online) |
DOI: | 10.5539/ijel.v6n1p13 |
Appears in Collections: | Research Publications (Arts and Design) |
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