Positioning Interpreting -- The Concept of Role Space, 2012

It is time to rethink the entire concept of the role of interpreter and equipinterpreters to make informed decisions about how their presence effects consumers.

Questions addressed in this presentation include:

• What are the basic conventions of ‘normal’ monolingual interactions?
• How do interpreters deviate from these conventions?
• Where has the narrow notion of the ‘role’ come from?
• How can we explain the unique position of the interpreter in an interaction?
• What can we learn from the similarities that interpreters have to the other participants?