Interpreting in Asylum Procedures

Dialogist Interpretation

AvHassan Mizori

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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Beskrivning

This book introduces dialogist interpretation as an innovative approach within interpreting studies, offering a critical examination of interpreter-mediated asylum encounters. Based on a case study of a legal consultation in the Netherlands, the book reveals how internal dialogues, linguistic assumptions, institutional constraints and systemic biases influence credibility assessments and shape asylum narratives. Drawing on the author’s experience as a researcher, interpreter and former asylum seeker, this study examines the power dynamics between interpreters, legal professionals, asylum seekers and the institutional structures governing legal procedures. Through detailed textual analysis and reflective interviews, it demonstrates the active role interpreters play and offers a new paradigm for understanding and improving asylum procedures. Challenging dominant narratives and calling for systemic reform, this book offers practical recommendations for interpreters, educators, legal professionals and policymakers as well as essential insights for scholars in interpreting studies, law and communication.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-09-16
Mått:156 x 234 x 17 mm
Vikt:530 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Translation, Interpreting and Social Justice in a Globalised World
Antal sidor:236
Förlag:Channel View Publications Ltd
ISBN:9781836681311

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Hassan Mizori is a Visiting Scholar at the University of Leeds, UK. With over 20 years of experience as an interpreter and linguist, he has taught translation at the University of Leeds and the University of Manchester and co-edited both the Oxford Arabic Dictionary and the Nederlands-Arabisch Dictionary (published by Radboud University Nijmegen). His research focuses on interpreter-mediated communication in asylum settings, particularly through dialogist interpretation. Adopting a multidimensional and interdisciplinary approach, he critically examines challenges in asylum procedures and explores pathways for reform.

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This book has an inspiring and promising message for everyone involved in communicatively complex encounters like interpreter-mediated asylum interviews. Put simply: case workers, lawyers, interpreters and other professionals can improve their performance by learning more about the dialogic, collaborative, and exchange-focused nature of human sense making.

Innehållsförteckning

A Note to the ReaderChapter 1. Asylum – Historical Contexts and Contemporary ChallengesChapter 2. Navigating the Nexus: Language, Law and Politics in Asylum ProceduresChapter 3. The Case Study: Lost in Translation – Exploring Sense-Making in Interpreter-Mediated EncountersChapter 4. Theoretical Foundations: Enhancing Understanding of Communication Practices in the Asylum ProcedureChapter 5. Enhancing Equity in Asylum Procedures: The Dual Role of Retrospective Interviews in Research and PracticeChapter 6. Asylum Interviews and Hearings: The Problem of Information Loss in Asylum Procedures and How to Address ItReferences