Interpreting Inexplicit Language during Courtroom Examination
Interpreting Inexplicit Language during Courtroom Examination
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DOI：
10.1093/applin/amn050
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发表时间：
2009-03-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Lee, Jieun
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作者：
Lee, Jieun
法庭传译员必须在法庭讯问期间准确地翻译证人的发言，但由于若干原因，传译员的准确性可能会受到影响，其中之一是法庭传译员可获得的有限上下文信息对口译的影响。本文通过对澳大利亚法庭上韩英口译的语篇分析，探讨了韩国语证人使用的不明确语言对法庭口译准确性的影响。这种使用不明确语言的做法是由于证人的语言（朝鲜语）和法庭的语言（英语）在词汇语法系统上存在差异，也是由于证人不熟悉法庭的话语。本研究表明，法庭口译员科普不明确语言的方式可能会导致不准确的证据翻译，从而对法庭诉讼产生法律的影响。
Court interpreters are required to provide accurate renditions of witnesses' utterances during courtroom examinations, but the accuracy of interpreting may be compromised for a number of reasons, among which is the effect on interpretation of the limited contextual information available to court interpreters. Based on the analysis of the discourse of Korean-English interpreting in Australian courtrooms, this article examines how inexplicit language used by Korean-speaking witnesses affects the accuracy of court interpreting. Such use of inexplicit language is a consequence of differences between the lexico-grammatical system of the witnesses' language (Korean) and that of the court (English), as well as being due to the witnesses' lack of familiarity with the courtroom discourse. This study demonstrates that the way the court interpreters cope with inexplicit language may result in inaccurate rendition of the evidence, and thus have legal implications for court proceedings.