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Translation and interpreting in disaster situations

Cadwell, Patrick ORCID: 0000-0002-2371-4378 (2021) Translation and interpreting in disaster situations. In: Susam-Saraeva, Şebnem and Spišiaková, Eva ORCID: 0000-0002-8691-5601, (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Health. Routledge Handbooks in Translation and Interpreting Studies . Routledge (Taylor & Francis), © 2021 Abingdon, GB, pp. 253-268. ISBN 9781138335349

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Abstract

Disasters negatively affect the health and wellbeing of those who experience them. People communicate with each other to prepare for, respond to, and recover from these effects. In a context of linguistic and cultural diversity, this communication may involve translation and interpreting. Therefore, the study of translation and interpreting in disasters is worthwhile for an understanding of translation and health, especially because the future is likely to bring more disasters that will cut across linguistic, cultural and regional boundaries. This chapter reviews research on language, culture, translation and interpreting in a variety of disaster settings. It explains the potential of translation and interpreting to unlock the knowledge and participation of local communities in disasters, improve their decision-making and risk awareness and achieve equity, justice and dignity. It also reveals common characteristics of translation and interpreting in the disasters studied – including their ad hoc, local, and voluntary nature, as well as the importance of cultural issues – and recommends future avenues for research.

Item Type:Book Section
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Disaster Studies
Subjects:Humanities > Translating and interpreting
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science > School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies
Publisher:Routledge (Taylor & Francis)
Copyright Information:2021 Taylor & Francis
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
ID Code:26636
Deposited On:21 Jan 2022 15:42 by Patrick Cadwell . Last Modified 22 Apr 2022 10:15

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