Interpreting and translating in public service settings [electronic resource] : policy, practice, pedagogy / edited by Raquel de Pedro Ricoy, Isabelle A. Perez, Christine W.L. Wilson.

First published 2009 by St. Jerome Publishing.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A TICS model from Scotland : a profile of translation, interpreting, and communication support in the public services in Scotland / Isabelle A. Perez and Christine Wilson -- "Top-down" or "bottom-up"? : language policies in public service interpreting in the Republic of Ireland, Scotland, and Spain / Bernardette O'Rourke and Pedro Castillo -- Role, positioning, and discourse in face-to-face interpreting / Ian Mason -- Teaching interpreting in cyberspace : the answer to all our prayers? / Hanne Skaaden and Maria Wattne -- Interpreters in emergency wards : an empirical study of doctor-interpreter-patient interaction / Raffaela Merlini -- Role models in mental health interpreting / Hanneke Bot -- Feminization : a socially and politically charged translation strategy / Lyse Hâebert -- Court interpreters' self perception : a Spanish case study / Anne Martin and Juan Miguel Ortega Herrâaez -- The pragmatic significance of modal particles in an interpreted German asylum interview / Maria Tillmann -- Forging alliances : the role of the sign language interpreter in workplace discourse / Jules Dickinson and Graham Turner.

Also available in print edition.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.