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- Title
The imaginary invalid. Conference interpreters and English as a lingua franca.
- Authors
Albl ‐ Mikasa, Michaela
- Abstract
The critical attitude of conference interpreters towards English as a Lingua Franca ( ELF) has so far been downplayed by ELF researchers. This paper aims at detailing the experience of professional conference interpreters in interpreter-mediated ELF communication and argues that ELF research has a stake in looking into their complaints because this may produce a better understanding of a number of aspects of mediated and unmediated ELF communication. Interpreter experience may thus contribute to achieving a more comprehensive and balanced description of ELF.
- Subjects
ENGLISH language; TRANSLATORS; LINGUA francas; CONFERENCES &; conventions; ENGLISH as a foreign language; GLOBALIZATION
- Publication
International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2014, Vol 24, Issue 3, p293
- ISSN
0802-6106
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ijal.12076