Translation as Social Justice

Wine Tesseur is Coordinator of External & Internal Communications at the Belgian NGO Trias and also freelances as an NGO consultant. She has published extensively in international journals and guest-edited special issues for Translation Spaces (2018) and the Journal of War & Culture Studies (2019). She is the co-author of Development NGOs and Languages: Listening, Power and Inclusion (2020).

• Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Introduction INGOs, language, and T&I Conceptual framework Engaged research and critical reflexivity A note on international development terminology Underpinning research Structure of the book References Chapter 2: Translation management in INGOs throughout history Introduction Save the Children UK: a history of language silence? Organisational growth and restructuring as an incentive for translation management Translation management choices and challenges: limitations of policies and internal services Translation as a resource, as risk management, or as inclusion? Concluding remarks References Chapter 3: Translating One Global Amnesty: Managing Amnesty’s message and voice in translation Introduction Becoming One Global Amnesty Amnesty press releases Diverging views on the role of translation in a changing Amnesty Discussion and concluding remarks References Chapter 4: Managing volunteer translation: On quality, risk, and ethics in Amnesty’s Urgent Action translations Introduction Amnesty’s global Urgent Action network Managing volunteer translation: Amnesty Flanders (AIVL) network of Urgent Action translators Translation output Volunteer translation, risk, and social justice Improving practice Discussion and concluding remarks References Chapter 5: Language and translation ideologies in international NGOs: Explaining the paradox between English as a lingua franca and social justice values Introduction Language and translation ideology Interview data Narrative 2: Encourage mutual language learning and translation Narrative 1: English as a lingua franca as the best possible solution Concluding remarks References Chapter 6: Informal translation practices as empowerment? Balancing the need for access and dialogue with risk reduction Introduction Case study 1: Multilingual staff as informal translators and interpreters Case study 2: Free machine translation at work: A tool for empowerment or risky business? Case study 3: Translating COVID-19 health information as part of humanitarian crisis response Concluding remarks References Chapter 7: Towards a more comprehensive approach to translating for social justice in international NGOs Introduction Key findings on T&I provision in INGOs in light of social justice values Ideas for a more socially just approach to language and translation in INGOs Key findings and implications for translation research and training Limitations of the research References Chapter 8: Influencing translation policies as an activist researcher: Evaluating research impact and learning from linguistic choices Introduction Evaluating Research Impact Linguistic reflexivity: a critical account of linguistic research choices Concluding remarks