Public service interpreting

Understanding new hybrid professions: Bourdieu, illusio and the case of public service interpreters

February 17, 2015 Mona Baker Articles, Translation

DOI: 10.1080/0305764X.2014.991277 Helen Colley & Frédérique Guéry Published in: Cambridge Journal of Education Volume 45, Issue 1, 2015 Special Issue: Evoking and Provoking Bourdieu in Educational Research pages 113-131 Abstract Public spending reductions across the advanced capitalist world are creating new professions that have a ‘hybrid’ status and/or role. However, research on professional learning has paid little attention to

Call for Papers: Translating Conflict

August 9, 2014 Mona Baker Call for Papers, Translation

Full title of the edited collection: Translating Conflict: Ethics and Ideology in Public Service Interpreting and Translation As the 21st century advances, Public Service Interpreting and Translation (PSIT) services are increasingly positioned at the service of conflict resolution in different contexts, while at the same time being locked in their own struggle for professional recognition. Building on the 5th International

Call for Papers: Community Interpreting Special Issue

August 3, 2014 Mona Baker Call for Papers, Translation

Translation & Interpreting: International Journal of Translation & Interpreting Research Today multilingualism and multiculturalism have become common features of countries and societies worldwide. This striking development has major consequences for the way institutions function and guarantee human rights. It also impacts on how and whether citizens and populations can exercise their human rights and avail themselves of social and