Interpreting Intercepted Communication
A Sui Generis Translational Activity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21593357 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nadja Capus (0000-0001-8536-2817, University of Neuchâtel), Ivana Havelka (0000-0003-3625-3950, University of Neuchâtel, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1817-1836 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0952-8059 • E-ISSN: 1572-8722 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11196-021-09876-0 |
| PMID | 35975185 |
| OpenAlex | W4200322849 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 20 |
Legal wiretapping has gained importance in law enforcement along with the development of information and communication technology. Understanding the language of intercepted persons is essential for the success of a police investigation. Hence, intercept interpreters, as we suggest calling them in this article, are hired. Little is known about this specific work at the interface between language and law. With this article, we desire to contribute to closing this gap by focussing particularly on the translational activity. Our study identifies a fragmented field of research due to the difficulty in accessing workers in this specific field who interpret in a highly confidential phase of criminal investigations. The findings, which are drawn from scarce studies and our empirical data derived from an online questionnaire for a pilot study in Switzerland, demonstrate the wide range of the performed activity intercept interpreting. This article is the first to present translational activity from the perspective of intercept interpreters. The activity differs in many ways from interpretation in court hearings or police interviews. Hence, we suggest categorising interlingual intercept interpretation as a translational activity sui generis and — since previous research has not done justice to the ethical and deontological questions that intercept interpretation raises—advocate for further transdisciplinary research in this field of translation
Biology · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Philosophy · Translation Studies and Practices
The work of intercept interpreters in lawful communication surveillance
Transcribing and translating forensic speech evidence containing foreign languages—An Australian perspective
Ghostwriters of crime narratives
Intercept evidence from foreign language communications
Interpreting, translating or investigating? Framing the competences of a hybrid translational field
The bilingual courtroom
The Discourse of Court Interpreting
Complex collaborations
Multilingual speakers and language choice in the legal sphere
Language and Law=Linguagem e Direito
Interpreter linguistic intervention in the strategies employed by police in investigative interviews
Captured on tape
The Myth of an 'Invisible Mediator
Police interpreting
Policing at a distance and that human thing
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 1.25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |