Sign Language Interpreting: Deconstructing the Myth

Melanie Metzger

Sign Language Interpreters strive to achieve complete objectivity and accuracy in their translation without influencing the interaction in any way. Yet this book offers evidence of a disparity between the ideal and real practice by analysing two video-taped ASL-English interpreted medical interviews. It asks some fundamental questions about interpreter neutrality and addresses the potential implications of the findings. Fresh ground is broken by this provocative study. Hardcover 216 pages 1999

£43.50