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Healthcare interpreting as relational practice: Understanding the interpreter’s role in facilitating rapport in health interactions 作为关系实践的医疗口译：了解口译员在医疗互动中促进融洽关系的作用

Interpreting and Society Pub Date : 2024-07-25 DOI: 10.1177/27523810241259157

George Major

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Sign language interpreters’ experiences of remote interpreting in light of COVID-19 in Sweden 瑞典手语译员根据 COVID-19 开展远程口译的经验

Interpreting and Society Pub Date : 2024-04-22 DOI: 10.1177/27523810241239779

Camilla Warnicke, Marie Matérne

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Book review: Educating Community Interpreters and Translators in Unprecedented Times 书评在前所未有的时代教育社区口译员和笔译员

Interpreting and Society Pub Date : 2024-03-30 DOI: 10.1177/27523810241237449

N. Niemants

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Sign language ideologies and deaf interpreters in Canada 加拿大的手语意识形态和聋人翻译

Interpreting and Society Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.1177/27523810231192263

Kristin Snoddon

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Metamorphosis of a diplomatic interpreting event in ancient China 中国古代外交口译事件的嬗变

Interpreting and Society Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.1177/27523810231193341

Rachel Lung

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Book review: Remote interpreting in health-care settings 书评:医疗机构中的远程口译

Interpreting and Society Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.1177/27523810231196790

Ella Wehrmeyer

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Book review: The Human Translator in the 2020s 书评:21世纪20年代的人类翻译

Interpreting and Society Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.1177/27523810231196798

Rui Xie

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The pandemic booth: How spatial reconfigurations during the pandemic influence cooperation and communication among conference interpreters 大流行展台:大流行期间的空间重构如何影响会议口译员的合作和沟通

Interpreting and Society Pub Date : 2023-07-24 DOI: 10.1177/27523810231178880

A. Baumann

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Would you like some background? Establishing shared rights and duties in video relay service calls to the police 你想了解一些背景知识吗?在报警视频中继服务中建立共享的权利和义务

Interpreting and Society Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1177/27523810221151107

Robert Skinner

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Book review: Intercultural Communication in Interpreting: Power and Choice 《口译中的跨文化交际:权力与选择》

Interpreting and Society Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1177/27523810231162557

Yunyun Li, Dexin Tian

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