Conflicting views on court interpreting examined through surveys of legal professionals and court interpreters

Interpreting

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-56

  Lee, Jieun ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ambivalence; Court interpreters; Court interpreting; Cultural intervention; Legal professionals; Role

Indexed keywords

EID: 85047697853     PISSN: 13846647     EISSN: 1569982X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/intp.11.1.04lee     Document Type: Article

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