The gum syndrome: Predicaments in court interpreting

Speech, Language and the Law

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 6-29

  Morris, Ruth ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Court interpreters; Interpreter role; Predicaments

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249091260     PISSN: 13501771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1558/sll.1999.6.1.6     Document Type: Article

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