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Cambridge, Jan, Singh, Swaran P. and Johnson, Mark R. D. (2020) The challenges of interpreting in psychotherapy. In: Schouler-Ocak, Meryam and Kastrup, Marianne C., (eds.) Intercultural Psychotherapy. Springer, pp. 317-330. ISBN 9783030240813
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24082-0_22
Abstract
A crucial element in any intercultural activity, particularly when the use of language is a crucial element of diagnosis, treatment (“talking therapies”) or ensuring concordance (“compliance”) with a treatment regime, or indeed, “informed consent”, is that the language used is understood equally on both sides of the dyadic transaction—or conversation. As this volume notes in its introduction, language while crucial to communication can also present a barrier: “Overcoming these barriers requires certain competencies such as working with a qualified interpreter”. This chapter, drawing on the personal experience of an experienced interpreter and trainer of interpreters, and her doctoral research into the use of interpreters in psychiatric interviews [1] uses a number of vignettes or observations of the interpretation process, alongside reflection of the interpreter’s experience, to suggest ways in which those working with interpreters may better understand the process, and the situation of the interpreter as a person as well as language-translation “machine”. Frequently, the interpreter has only a linguistic knowledge of the languages used in a conversational transaction, and possibly some understanding of the technical issues involved in that discussion, but may be unfamiliar with any other aspect of the experiences of either of the two principal “actors” in that conversation or the technical languages they are using. In relation to mental health especially, the interpreter needs to be advised to attempt to convey the “style” or paralinguistics of the language used as well as the meaning, since often mental distress or some specific conditions may be indicated by particular formulations or departure from “standard” speech patterns.
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Mental Health and Wellbeing Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Publisher: | Springer | ||||||
| ISBN: | 9783030240813 | ||||||
| Book Title: | Intercultural Psychotherapy | ||||||
| Editor: | Schouler-Ocak, Meryam and Kastrup, Marianne C. | ||||||
| Official Date: | October 2020 | ||||||
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| Page Range: | pp. 317-330 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-030-24082-0_22 | ||||||
| Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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