ELF speakers’ restricted power of expression : implications for interpreters’ processing

Albl-Mikasa, Michaela

doi:10.1075/tis.8.2.04alb

Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	ELF speakers’ restricted power of expression : implications for interpreters’ processing
Authors:	Albl-Mikasa, Michaela
DOI:	10.1075/tis.8.2.04alb
Published in:	Translation and Interpreting Studies
Editors of the parent work:	Baer, Brian James
Volume(Issue):	8
Issue:	2
Page(s):	191
Pages to:	210
Issue Date:	2013
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	John Benjamins
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Amsterdam
ISSN:	1932-2798 1876-2700
Language:	English
Subjects:	Conference interpreting; English as a lingua franca; Activating cues; Mental translation memory
Subject (DDC):	418.02: Translating and interpreting
Abstract:	At the crossroads of English as a lingua franca (ELF) research and interpreting studies, it is paramount to examine why interpreters are at odds with ELF communication in general and the effects of the output of the growing number of non-native English conference speakers on their work in particular. On the basis of a small-scale case study, the stumbling blocks resulting from non-native English input are examined. The findings point towards what may be a major impediment: activation and retrieval constraints can result from ELF speakers’ restricted power of expression and have an adverse effect on the interpreter’s inferential processing and target text rendering. In the discussion, it is argued that a key problem for devising compensatory (strategic or didactic) measures may lie in the unpredictable and open-ended nature of means of expression creatively constructed by ELF speakers, which makes it extremely difficult for interpreters to build up a stock of resources that will match the ongoing input items, so that they can act as activating cues.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/2350
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	Licence according to publishing contract
Departement:	Applied Linguistics
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Translation and Interpreting (IUED)
Appears in collections:	Publikationen Angewandte Linguistik

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Albl-Mikasa, M. (2013). ELF speakers’ restricted power of expression : implications for interpreters’ processing. Translation and Interpreting Studies, 8(2), 191–210. https://doi.org/10.1075/tis.8.2.04alb

Albl-Mikasa, M. (2013) ‘ELF speakers’ restricted power of expression : implications for interpreters’ processing’, Translation and Interpreting Studies. Edited by B.J. Baer, 8(2), pp. 191–210. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1075/tis.8.2.04alb.

M. Albl-Mikasa, “ELF speakers’ restricted power of expression : implications for interpreters’ processing,” Translation and Interpreting Studies, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 191–210, 2013, doi: 10.1075/tis.8.2.04alb.

ALBL-MIKASA, Michaela, 2013. ELF speakers’ restricted power of expression : implications for interpreters’ processing. Brian James BAER (Hrsg.), Translation and Interpreting Studies. 2013. Bd. 8, Nr. 2, S. 191–210. DOI 10.1075/tis.8.2.04alb

Albl-Mikasa, Michaela. 2013. “ELF Speakers’ Restricted Power of Expression : Implications for Interpreters’ Processing.” Edited by Brian James Baer. Translation and Interpreting Studies 8 (2): 191–210. https://doi.org/10.1075/tis.8.2.04alb.

Albl-Mikasa, Michaela. “ELF Speakers’ Restricted Power of Expression : Implications for Interpreters’ Processing.” Translation and Interpreting Studies, edited by Brian James Baer, vol. 8, no. 2, 2013, pp. 191–210, https://doi.org/10.1075/tis.8.2.04alb.