Interpreting, translating or investigating? Framing the competences of a hybrid translational field: intercept interpreting.
When monitoring suspected criminals' communications by bugging telephones, apartments or cars, the police collect information for ongoing investigations and the later proceedings in court. If foreign-language-speaking suspects are involved, intercept interpreters are indispensable for police work. I...
| Published in: | Perspectives: Studies in Translatology Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 615 - 634 |
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Jun2025
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