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Mediating Emergencies and Conflicts

Frontline Translating and Interpreting

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  • © 2016

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Editors:
  1. Federico M. Federici

    1. University College London , London, United Kingdom

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Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Translating and Interpreting (PTTI)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction: A State of Emergency for Crisis Communication

    • Federico M. Federici
    Pages 1-29

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 209-215
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About this book

Contributors to this volume discuss different types of emergencies and conflicts and how challenging these multilingual operational environments are for linguists. The growth in reach and number of international relief operations has exposed the limits of current research into these challenges. Evidence in disaster management studies suggests communication remains a major operational issue. This book calls for enhanced focus on the role of translators and interpreters in emergencies by discussing existing research and questions which have emerged from experience in the field. Contributions in this volume undeniably demonstrate the need for multidisciplinary studies in mediating multilingual emergencies. They consider emergencies in hospitals (Cox and Lázaro Gutiérrez), in disaster response (Dogan), in bespoke training to translators in fast-developing crises (O’Brien), and in planning responses in predictably dangerous habitats (Razumovskaya & Bartashova). The volume also illustrates scenarios in which discourse on language mediation shows bias by limiting political dialogues (Al Shehari), by conditioning news reporting (Skorokhod), and by enforcing stereotypical notions of linguists in wars (Gaunt).

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“Critically surveys the literature in translation and interpreting studies related to emergencies and crisis communication, pointing to gaps related to key issues … . Mediating Emergencies and Conflicts can provide useful insights to disaster management studies with regard to the need for adequate language mediation in emergency situations. The field work and analysis presented in the various chapters also paves the way for further testing and challenging of current translation and interpreting training and research models.” (Myriam Salama-Carr, Translation Studies, Vol. 11 (2), 2018)

“This extremely absorbing volume is a huge wake-up call for all organisations involved in trying to ensure effective communication and mediation during local and international states of emergency. The eight chapters, all by respected translation scholars, scrutinize practices, protocols and trainings in a wide variety of areas, from the UN, government, military, NGO, hospital, down to the mediators/ translators/ interpreters themselves; and each chapter is enriched with pertinent and extremely useful field work examples.” (David Katan, Professor,  Università del Salento, Italy)

Editors and Affiliations

  • University College London , London, United Kingdom

    Federico M. Federici

About the editor

Federico M. Federici is Lecturer at University College London, UK. Previously he designed and directed the MA in Translation Studies at Durham University, UK (2008-2014), where he founded and directed the Centre for Intercultural Mediation. He was member of the Board of the European Master's in Translation Network (2011-2014). Among his publications are the book Translation as Stylistic Evolution (2009) and the volume co-edited with Dario Tessicini Translators, Interpreters and Cultural Mediators (2014). His research focuses on the role of translators as intercultural mediators, and on the reception of translated texts.

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