Inside Iranian Freelance Simultaneous Conference Interpreters’ Experience: A thematic Analysis of Narratives

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Publicado: Dec 15, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21071/hikma.v19i2.12603

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Mehrnoosh Fakharzadeh
Sheikhbahaee University
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5216-2875
Simin Kazemi
Sheikhbahaee University

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Although several studies have examined translators' and interpreters' experience in various contexts, relatively few studies have attempted to explore the freelance simultaneous conference interpreters' experience in the Iranian context. In this country, the increasing number of international conferences is creating a demand for quality conference interpretation. In this study, we used qualitative analysis of narratives to delve into the experience of eight freelance simultaneous conference interpreters in Iran to realize their perception of their job and the impact of contextual factors on the quality of their experience as well as that of interpretation. Three themes, namely job-finding experience, on-the-job-experience, and the locus of the problems were extracted from eleven sub-themes. Overall, the narratives characterized interpreting in Iran as a non-professional occupation that amounts to an ad hoc event, language brokering, and ability-oriented task. The findings can raise some critical considerations for stakeholders involved in the field of translation and interpretation studies as well as practitioners.

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Fakharzadeh, M., & Kazemi, S. (2020). Inside Iranian Freelance Simultaneous Conference Interpreters’ Experience: A thematic Analysis of Narratives. Hikma, 19(2), 183–206. https://doi.org/10.21071/hikma.v19i2.12603
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Mehrnoosh Fakharzadeh, Sheikhbahaee University

Mehrnoosh Fakharzadeh is an Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics at Sheikhbahaee University, Isfahan, Iran. She teaches BA and MA courses in TEFL and translation studies. Her areas of interest include reception studies, translator study, teacher training, and lexicology. She has published articles in national as well as international journals, such as 3L, IJAL, The Journal of Persian Language and Literature, and Language and translation studies. She has also translated books into Persian, such as Foundations of Mixed methods research.

Simin Kazemi, Sheikhbahaee University

Simin Kazemi has got her MA in Translation Studies at Sheikhbahaee University in 2018.

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