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- Title
A FIRST SET OF GUIDELINES FOR PUBLIC SERVICE INTERPRETERS WHO UNEXPECTEDLY FACE CLIENTS WITH A DISABILITY.
- Authors
Vermeiren, Hildegard
- Abstract
Service providers in healthcare, education or legal settings can unexpectedly be faced with language-discordant clients who moreover have sensory or cognitive disabilities and might have problems understanding or producing language. Disabilities or difficulties understanding are particular challenges in interpreter-mediated encounters. The aim of this article is to propose a set of guidelines that avoid time loss and frustration among the interlocutors and allow for smoother communication. We will focus here on two basic strategies that can help without the need for sophisticated equipment, namely plain language and gestures, leaving aside technological resources. In spite of many differences between them, language and gestures carry meaning through shared basic semiotic elements such as indexes, icons and symbols (Peirce, 1965). Moreover, when occurring simultaneously, language and gestures often have identical meaning. Gestures present the same meaning or pragmatic function (McNeil, 1992), and consequently enhance spoken language. To obtain satisfactory results in an encounter with a disabled client, the 'best fit'Vermeiren, H. (2018). A first Set of Guidelines for Public Service Interpreters who unexpectedly face Clients with a Disability.
- Subjects
SERVICES for people with disabilities; MEDICAL care; SOCIOLOGY of disability; LANGUAGE &; languages; SEMIOTICS
- Publication
Current Trends in Translation Teaching & Learning E, 2018, p437
- ISSN
2342-7205
- Publication type
Article