30.472, Books: Common Law in an Uncommon Courtroom: Ng

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Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 22:12:45
From: Karin Plijnaar [karin.plijnaar at benjamins.nl]
Subject: Common Law in an Uncommon Courtroom: Ng

 


Title: Common Law in an Uncommon Courtroom 
Subtitle: Judicial interpreting in Hong Kong 
Series Title: Benjamins Translation Library 144  

Publication Year: 2018 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/
	

Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/btl.144 


Author: Eva N.S. Ng

Electronic: ISBN:  9789027263162 Pages: 226 Price: U.S. $ 143.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027263162 Pages: 226 Price: U.K. £ 80.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027263162 Pages: 226 Price: Europe EURO 95.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027201911 Pages: 226 Price: U.S. $ 143.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027201911 Pages: 226 Price: U.K. £ 80.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027201911 Pages: 226 Price: Europe EURO 100.70


Abstract:

This book takes you into a common-law courtroom which is in no way similar to
any other courtroom where common law is practised. This uniqueness is
characterised, in particular, by the use of English as the trial language in a
predominantly Cantonese-speaking society and by the presence of other
bilinguals in court, thus presenting specific challenges for the interpreters
who work in it, and at times rendering the interpretation service superfluous.
This study, inter alia, problematises judges’ intervention in the court
proceedings, Chinese witnesses testifying in English, as well as
English-language trials heard by Chinese jurors. It demonstrates how the use
of <i>chuchotage</i> proves to be inadequate and inappropriate in the Hong
Kong courtroom, where interpreting in an English-language trial is arguably
provided to cater for the need of the linguistic majority. This book is useful
to interpreters, language educators, legal professionals, forensic linguists
and policy makers alike.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Forensic Linguistics
                     Translation


Written In: English  (eng)

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