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‘And maybe you can translate also what I say’: interpreters in football press conferences
Sandrelli, Annalisa
2015-12-18
Abstract
Today most professional football teams are multilingual; at the same time, the increasing media exposure of this sport has led to a growing number of press conferences involving players and coaches with limited proficiency in the language of the country where they play. As a result, there is a niche market for interpreters in professional football. This paper presents a case study based on a small corpus of press conferences organised for the official presentation of new players: its aim is to describe communication dynamics, common practices and pitfalls and to discuss interpreter roles in such settings.
Series
The Interpreters' Newsletter
20 (2015)
Source
Annalisa Sandrelli, " 'And maybe you can translate also what I say': interpreters in football press conferences", in: The Interpreters' Newsletter n. 20 - 2015, Trieste, EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, 2016, pp. 87-105
Languages
en
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