Coordination in telephone-based remote interpreting
- Telephone-based remote interpreting has come into widespread use in multilingual encounters, all the more so in times of refugee crises and the large influx of asylum-seekers into Europe. Nevertheless, the linguistic practices in this mode of communication have not yet been examined comprehensively. This article therefore investigates selected aspects of turn-taking and clarification sequences during semi-authentic telephone-interpreted counselling sessions for refugees (Arabic–German). A quantitative analysis reveals that limited audibility makes it more difficult for interpreters to claim their turn successfully; in most cases, however, turn-taking occurs smoothly. The trouble sources that trigger queries are mainly content-related and interpreters vary greatly in the ways they deal with such difficulties. Contrary to what one might expect, the study shows that coordination fails only rarely during telephone-based remote interpreting.
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| Author: | Rahaf FaragORCiDGND, Bernd MeyerORCiDGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-121671 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1075/intp.00097.far |
| ISSN: | 1569-982X |
| Parent Title (English): | Interpreting |
| Publisher: | Benjamins |
| Place of publication: | Amsterdam |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of first Publication: | 2023 |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2023/10/12 |
| Publishing Institution: | Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache (IDS) |
| Publicationstate: | Ahead of Print |
| Reviewstate: | Peer-Review |
| Tag: | Arabic; German; dialogue interpreting; telephone interpreting; trouble sources; turn-taking |
| GND Keyword: | Arabisch; Beratung; Deutsch; Dolmetschen; Kommunikation; Korpus <Linguistik>; Sprecherwechsel; Telefonieren |
| Page Number: | 34 |
| DDC classes: | 400 Sprache / 400 Sprache, Linguistik |
| Open Access?: | ja |
| Leibniz-Classification: | Sprache, Linguistik |
| Linguistics-Classification: | Pragmalinguistik / Kommunikationsforschung |
| Linguistics-Classification: | Übersetzungswissenschaft |
| Program areas: | Zentrale Forschung |
| Licence (English): |  Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0 International |