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Multicultural Society and Community Interpreting — Marriage Immigrant Women as Community Interpreters: Potentials and Limitations
The Journal of Translation Studies
Abbr :
JTS
2014, 15(1), pp.211-238
DOI : 10.15749/jts.2014.15.1.009
Publisher : The Korean Association for Translation Studies
Research Area : Interpretation and Translation Studies
2014, 15(1), pp.211-238
DOI : 10.15749/jts.2014.15.1.009
Publisher : The Korean Association for Translation Studies
Research Area : Interpretation and Translation Studies
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As of January 1, 2013, South Korea has approximately 1.45 million foreign residents, and of them, a total of 266,547 households are multicultural families. As such, it is no longer strange to say that the nation is a multicultural society. As there is a growing demand for community interpreting along with the development of a multicultural society, this study examined the potential and limitation of women immigrants by marriage as community interpreters. The study considered both the features of community interpreting as a discipline of interpreting studies and the demographic characteristics of women immigrants through marriage. It found that their greatest potential as community interpreters included their balanced bilingual skills, understanding of both cultures, a pool of human resources who can command languages of many countries, and experiences as immigrants who were also recipients of community interpreting. However, their negative experiences, including discrimination they suffered as immigrants, may bias their interactions as interpreters. Therefore, they need to overcome such limitation through education of interpreting ethics.
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