Sedat Mulayin is the current discipline head of translating and interpreting at RMIT University in Australia. Miranda Lai is currently a lecturer and trainer in translating and interpreting at RMIT University in Australia. Caroline Norma, Ph.D, is a lecturer in the Master of Translation Studies degree at RMIT University of Melbourne, Australia.
The Interpreting Profession. What Is Interpreting? The Interpreting
Process. Skills Required for Interpreting. Modes of Interpreting. The
Professional Role of Interpreters in Legal Settings. Investigative
Interviewing. The Significance of Investigative Interviews. Main Features
of Police Discourse. Two Major Police Interview Models. Overview of
Interpreting Challenges and Interpreter Conduct Issues. Overview of
Interpreter Intervention. The Role of Professional Interpreters. Conduct
Issues of Professional Interpreters. Linguistic Transfer Issues in Police.
Interpreting and Recommended Strategies. Style of Interpreting: Free versus
Literal. The Law and Words. The Power of Words. Handling Interviewer's
Rapport-Building Strategies. Misinterpreting Lexical Items/Collocations.
Misinterpreting Grammatical Structures/Units. Personality and Linguistic
Skills: Author Profiling. Managing Speech Styles of Speakers. Other
Linguistic Related and Nonlinguistic Issues in Police. Interpreting and
Recommended Strategies. Managing Turn-Taking. Managing Overlapping Turns in
Police Interviews. Managing Deliberate Attempts to Undermine Communication.
Dealing With Nonfluency and Paralinguistic Features. Maintaining "Hedges".
Strengthening/Clarifying Answers. Hyperformality. Managing Multicomponent
Questions and Answers: "Chunking" Issues. Managing Clarification.
Conclusion. References. Index.
