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Description: Dr. Laurie Swabey presents her research. First, she describes linguistic challenges in healthcare interpreting, and reports on the discourse features and linguistic strategies that Deaf physicians and interpreters use to mitigate these challenges. Next, she offers a wider perspective by presenting data from a study on the importance and frequency of the tasks inherent in healthcare interpreting. Finally, she presents data from a study on the work of designated interpreters who work with Deaf physicians and medical students. Taken together, this evidence illustrates the complexity of healthcare interpreting, which must be realized in the education, credentialing and hiring of interpreters in healthcare.
Gallaudet's Department of Interpretation, Center for Advancement of Interpretation and Translation Research (CAITR), & Regional Interpreter Education Center (GURIEC) partner to host the Colloquium Lecture Series.