Legal Interpreting and Questioning Techniques Explained

Mira Kadrić is professor for Interpreting Studies and Didactics of Translation at the University of Vienna, Austria. Her research focuses especially on empirical work on interpreting, drawing on her experience as an interpreter for the courts, public services and political institutions.Monika Stempkowski is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Vienna, Austria. Her research focuses on questions of legal psychology, mentally ill perpetrators, illicit drugs and prison studies. She is registered as a clinical and health psychologist and as a certified mediator.Ivana Havelka is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Vienna, Austria. Her research interests include dialogue interpreting and technology-mediated interpreting, with a focus on legal contexts. She has over a decade of experience as a court interpreter in Austria.

• ContentsList of figuresAcknowledgementsList of abbreviationsIntroduction1 Questioning and interpreting as special forms of communication2 Institutional safeguards of rights3 Interpreting as part of communication in legal settings and at public authorities4 Psychology of (interpreted) communication5 Questioning and interpreting techniques6. Cultures of communication and interpreting with a focus on evidence gathering7 Hybridity of communication as a challenge for interpersonal communicationConclusion: Questioning and interpreting as two sides of the same communication coinGlossary