Institutional Multilingualism in NGOs
Amnesty International's Strategic Understanding of Multilingualism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4344098 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wine Tesseur (0000-0003-4882-3623, Aston University, Birmingham, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 557-577 |
| Publication date | 2015-02-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Meta Journal des traducteurs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-0452 • E-ISSN: 1492-1421 |
| Publisher | Consortium Erudit (PUBLISHER • CA) |
| DOI | 10.7202/1028657ar |
| OpenAlex | W2064542668 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 11 |
Institutional multilingualism is most often associated with large intergovernmental institutions such as the European Union and the United Nations. Institutional multilingualism in non-governmental organisations (NGOs), however, has remained invisible to a large extent. Like international governmental organisations (IGOs), NGOs operate across linguistic borders. This raises the question whether NGOs use language and translation in the same way as IGOs. The present article takes Amnesty International as a case study, and explores what institutional multilingualism means for this organisation, how it is reflected in its language policy, and how it is put into practice. By gaining insight into the particular case of Amnesty International, this article aims to make a contribution to institutional translation studies
Amnesty · Business · European union · Human rights · International trade · Multilingualism · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare · Law · Translation Studies and Practices
Bridging languages and cultures
Multilinguisme et dénominations des minorités dans les rapports annuels d’Amnesty International
Regard historique sur les régimes multilingues de deux organisations internationales
The evolution of language ideological debates about English and French in a multilingual humanitarian organisation
Language and translation policies in China’s multilingual governance
Language investment in the trajectories of mobile, multilingual humanitarian workers
Translation as inclusion
Recontextualization of sustainable development discourse
La traduction d’affiches électorales
The shape of translation policy
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,43 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |