In and Off the Show: Co-constructing "invisibility" in an Interpreter-Mediated Talk Show Interview

• Autores: Cecilia Wadensjö
• Localización: Meta: Journal des traducteurs = translators' journal, ISSN 0026-0452, Vol. 53, Nº. 1, 2008 (Ejemplar dedicado a: The verbal, the visual, the translator), págs. 184-203
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This paper examines how participants in an interpreter-mediated televised interview communicate involvement in a shared event. It takes as a case in point an interview where Michail Gorbachev, accompanied by his interpreter Pavel Palazchenko, appear on the ALL TALK show, hosted by the BBC journalist Clive Anderson. Detailed analysis of the interview demonstrates how the interpreter's physical presence helps shape a shared image of him as someone "just translating". It is suggested, that the efficiency by which his translation work is communicated, apart from owing to the interpreter's fluency in English and Russian, is due to the others' communicative behaviour. While addressing one another as conversational partners and interacting with the studio audience and the viewer, they cast him variably as sharing and not fully sharing their ongoing exchange. Moreover, his efficiency as interpreter is shown to be a result of his ability to anticipate grammatical and pragmatic features of turn composition. Overall, the study demonstrates how detailed analyses of real-life interpreter-mediated interaction can assist in explaining and teasing apart the illusive "invisibility" of interpreters.

    
    
    Plan de l'article
    
    Introduction
    "Invisibility" and the Role of Non-Person
    Interpreters' Personhood and the Machinery of Translation
    Participation - Three Analytical Levels
    Explorations of Alignment Work in Talk Show Data
    Playing With the Interpreter's Presence and Agency
    Alignment Work in the ALL TALK Show
    "Well done Pavel"
    Alignment with the Audience
    Alignment Work and Interpreting Techniques
    "I hope this joke is very good, I must say"
    TRPs in interpreter-mediated talk
    Concluding Discussion