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Talking emotions in multilingual healthcare settings. A qualitative study of interpreter-mediated interaction in Italian hospitals
Farini, Federico
2015-12-18
Abstract
This contribution discusses the results of research on the treatment of emotions in interpreted-mediated interactions in healthcare settings, discussing examples of interpreters’ choices excluding or promoting the emotions of the patients in the interaction. The corpus consists of 40 Italian/Arabic interactions and 15 Italian/Chinese interactions. Analysis draws upon Conversation Analysis as well as on studies on Dialogue Interpreting and intercultural communication. Findings suggest that the activity of interpreters may prevent patients’ emotions from becoming relevant in the medical encounter, but also that interpreting may promote an emotion-sensitive healthcare, in the interest of a patient-centred model of inter-linguistic medicine.
Series
The Interpreters' Newsletter
20 (2015)
Source
Federico Farini, "Talking emotions in multilingual healthcare settings. A qualitative study of interpreter-mediated interaction in Italian hospitals", in: The Interpreters' Newsletter n. 20 - 2015, Trieste, EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, 2016, pp. 123-128
Languages
en
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