Institutional translation and interpreting : assessing practices and managing for quality /: assessing practices and managing for quality. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Fernando Prieto Ramos.
• Editors: Prieto Ramos, Fernando, 1975-
• Contents: Assessing Practices in Institutional Translation and Interpreting (Fernando Prieto Ramos) Part 1: TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING FOR NATIONAL AND REGIONAL INSTITUTIONS 1. A Comparative Approach to Assessing Assessment: Revising the Scoring Chart for the Authorized Translator’s Examination in Finland (Leena Salmi and Marja Kivilehto) 2. Lexical Readability as an Indicator of Quality in Translation: Best Practices from Swiss Legislation (Paolo Canavese) 3. Assessing Translation Practices of Non-professional Translators in a Multilingual Institutional Setting (Flavia De Camillis) 4. Translation in the Shadows of Interpreting in US Court Systems: Standards, Guidelines and Practice (Jeffrey Killman) 5. Developing an Evaluation Tool for Legal Interpreting Quality Control: The INTER-Q Questionnaire (María Jesús Blasco Mayor and Marta Sancho Viamonte) Part 2: TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING AT INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS 6. Every Second Counts: A Study of Translation Practices in the European Commission’s DGT (María Fernández-Parra) 7. Ensuring Consistency and Accuracy of Legal Terms in Institutional Translation: The Role of Terminological Resources in International Organizations (Fernando Prieto Ramos) 8. Corrigenda of EU Legislative Acts as an Indicator of Quality Assurance Failures: A Micro-diachronic Analysis of Errors Rectified in the Polish Corrigenda (Łucja Biel and Izabela Pytel) 9. The Impact of Translation Competence on Institutional Translation Management and Quality: The Evidence from Action Research (Fernando Prieto Ramos and Mariam Sperandio) 10. Interpreting at the United Nations: The Effects of Delivery Rate on Quality in Simultaneous Interpreting (Lucía Ruiz Rosendo, Mónica Varela García and Alma Barghout) Managing for Quality: Practical Lessons from Research Insights (Fernando Prieto Ramos)
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 418.02; Translating and interpreting -- Quality control; Translating and interpreting -- Case studies; Business communication
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429559914; 9780429555442; 9780429564383; 9780429264894
• Related ISBNs: 9780367210236
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