Language brokering, mediated manipulations, and the role of the interpreter/translator

Conference paper

Bauer, E (2016). Language brokering, mediated manipulations, and the role of the interpreter/translator. University of Strasbourg Winterschool « Biographical evaluation of language policies by migrants in Europe. University of Strasbourg, France 21 - 26 Nov 2016 London South Bank University. https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.129.18bau
AuthorsBauer, E
TypeConference paper
Abstract

Abstract Language brokering is a common phenomenon among children of migrants, whereby the child mediates between a parent and a different language speaker. This paper uses data from a UK study to explore the retrospective childhood experiences of adults who grew up interpreting and translating for their parents. It examines the ways in which children perform as agents during language brokering, converting meanings in one language into meanings in another in order to achieve particular goals. The paper analyses ways in which adults report that they exercised this form of agency in childhood, through censoring and manipulating information, and how they feel this impacted their adult identities.

Keywordslanguage brokering; adult retrospective experience; censoring and manipulating information; translating and interpreting
Year2016
PublisherLondon South Bank University
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.129.18bau
Web address (URL)https://benjamins.com/catalog/btl.129.18bau
Accepted author manuscript
License
File description
Abstract
File Access Level
Open
Publication dates
Print19 Jun 2017
Publication process dates
Deposited08 Jun 2017
Accepted14 Sep 2016
Permalink -

https://openresearch.lsbu.ac.uk/item/87162

Download files

Accepted author manuscript
Language brokering.docx
License: CC BY 4.0
File access level: Open

  • 100
    total views
  • 35
    total downloads
  • 5
    views this month
  • 2
    downloads this month

Export as

Related outputs

Language brokering: mediated manipulations, and the agency of the interpreter/translator
Bauer, E (2017). Language brokering: mediated manipulations, and the agency of the interpreter/translator. in: Antonini, R, Cirillo, L, Rossato, L and Torresi, I (ed.) Non-professional Interpreting and Translation: State of the art and future of an emerging field of research Amsterdam, The Netherlands John Benjamins Publishing.
Negotiating Mixed Identities: Generations of mixed African Caribbean and white Londoners
Bauer, E (2017). Negotiating Mixed Identities: Generations of mixed African Caribbean and white Londoners. Goldsmith’s, University of London Anthropology Dep’t Spring summer Seminar series “The Politics of Embodiment”. Goldsmith's, University of London, UK 01 - 01 Mar 2017
Racialized citizenship, respectability and mothering among Caribbean mothers in Britain
Bauer, E (2017). Racialized citizenship, respectability and mothering among Caribbean mothers in Britain. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 41 (1), pp. 151-169. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2017.1317826
1) “Negotiating Mixed Identities: Generations of mixed African Caribbean and white Londoners”.
Bauer, E (2017). 1) “Negotiating Mixed Identities: Generations of mixed African Caribbean and white Londoners”. The Loving Day conference on “Power, Intimacy and the State: Mixed Families in Europe and Beyond”,. University of Amsterdam and Maastricht University, NL. 12 - 13 Jun 2017
Practising kinship care: Children as language brokers in migrant families
Bauer, E (2015). Practising kinship care: Children as language brokers in migrant families. Childhood. 23 (1), pp. 22 - 36. https://doi.org/10.1177/0907568215574917
Group Analysis in Practice: Narrative Approaches
Phoenix, A, Brannen, J, Elliot, H, Smithson, J, Morris, P, Smart, C, Barlow, A and Bauer, E (2016). Group Analysis in Practice: Narrative Approaches. Forum: Qualitative Social Research / Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung. 17 (2). https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-17.2.2391
Parenting cultures: change and transmission between generations of African-Caribbean and white British mixed families in London
Bauer, E (2016). Parenting cultures: change and transmission between generations of African-Caribbean and white British mixed families in London. International conference on “Parenting and Personhood: Cross--cultural perspectives on expertise, family life and risk management”. University of Kent, UK, Centre for Parenting Culture 22 - 24 Jun 2016
Education, work and home ownership as markers of being a good citizen: Caribbean mothers practice citizenship at local and transnational levels
Bauer, E (2014). Education, work and home ownership as markers of being a good citizen: Caribbean mothers practice citizenship at local and transnational levels. International conference: Migrant mothers caring for the future: creative interventions in making new citizens. London south Bank University, London, UK 18 - 19 Sep 2014 London South Bank University.
Creolized family patterns among divorced mixed couples: Caribbean and White British families in London
Bauer, E (2014). Creolized family patterns among divorced mixed couples: Caribbean and White British families in London. New Research Challenges on Intermarriage and Mixedness in Europe and Beyond,. University Paris Sorbonne, Paris, France 12 - 13 Nov 2015 Observatoire Sociologique du Changement.