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Author:   Federico Federici ,  Sharon O'Brien (Dublin City University, Ireland)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138363410

ISBN 10:   1138363413
Pages:   246
Publication Date:   01 October 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents List of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors Acknowledgements Chapter 1 Cascading Crises: Translation as Risk Reduction Federico M. Federici and Sharon O’Brien Part 1: Sample Crisis Settings Chapter 2 Crisis Translation in Yemen: Needs and Challenges of Volunteer Translators and Interpreters Khaled Al-Shehari Chapter 3 Police Communication across Languages in Crisis Situations: Human Trafficking Investigations in the UK Joanna Drugan Chapter 4 Cascading Effects: Mediating the Unutterable Sufferance of Gender-based Violence in Migratory Flows Denise Filmer Part 2: Instruments and Support Chapter 5 Accessibility of Multilingual Information in Cascading Crises Silvia Rodríguez Vázquez and Jésus Torres-del-Rey Chapter 6 Mapping Translation Technology and the Multilingual Needs of NGOs along the Aid Chain Celia Rico Pérez Chapter 7 Ethical Considerations on the Use of Machine Translation and Crowdsourcing in Cascading Crises Carla Parra Escartín and Helena Moniz Chapter 8 Management and Training of Linguistic Volunteers: A Case Study of Translation at Cochrane Germany Patrick Cadwell, Claudia Bollig, and Juliane Ried Part 3: Methods and Data Chapter 9 Integrating Language Needs in Disaster Research and Disaster Risk Reduction and Management through Participatory Methods Jake Rom D. Cadag Chapter 10 Human Factors in Risk Communication: Exploring Pilot-Controller ‘Communication Awareness’ Bettina Bajaj Chapter 11 Intralingual Translation and Cascading Crises: Evaluating the Impact of Semi-Automation on the Readability and Comprehensibility of Health Content Alessandra Rossetti Index

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This comprehensive and much-needed volume brings together a variety of experts to discuss the relation between translation and crises from diverse approaches and perspectives. A must read for anyone with an interest in the role language, communication, interpreting and translation studies can play in situation of crisis, in disaster management, in risk mitigation and reduction and, ultimately, in saving lives. Marc Orlando, Monash University, Australia

This comprehensive and much-needed volume brings together a variety of experts to discuss the relation between translation and crises from diverse approaches and perspectives. A must read for anyone with an interest in the role language, communication, interpreting and translation studies can play in situation of crisis, in disaster management, in risk mitigation and reduction and, ultimately, in saving lives. Marc Orlando, Monash University, Australia

Author Information

Federico M. Federici is an associate professor in Translation Studies at the Centre for Translation Studies (CenTraS) at University College London, UK. Sharon O’Brien is a professor at the School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies at Dublin City University, Ireland.

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