O'Brien, Dai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4529-7568, Hodge, Gabrielle, Gulamani, Sannah, Rowley, Kate, Adam, Robert, Emery, Steve and Walker, John (2023) Deaf professionals’ perceptions of trust in relationships with signed/spoken language interpreters. Translation & Interpreting, 15 (2). pp. 25-42.

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Abstract

The concept of ‘trust’ is frequently called upon when discussing the working relationship between deaf people and signed/spoken language interpreters, with interpreters often claiming that trust is a prerequisite to a successful interaction. This paper presents original data from an in-depth research project which used collaborative autoethnography to gather the experiences of seven deaf academics who work regularly with interpreters to analyse the concept of ‘trust’ in our working relations with interpreters. We found that ‘trust’ is not a useful or productive concept to use. Instead we outline multiple ways in which deaf people are able to assess and evaluate interpreters’ values, competencies, and performance without relying on ‘trust’. Our findings provide an important, powerful and under-explored perspective on the working relations between deaf people and interpreters, an important contribution to the literature on interpreting.

Item Type:	Article
Status:	Published
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.12807/ti.115202.2023.a02
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races L Education > L Education (General) P Language and Literature > PB Modern European Languages
School/Department:	School of Education, Language and Psychology
URI:	https://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/6592

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