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Public service interpreting in Italy and child language brokering: two sides of the same coin

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This paper will provide an introductory overview of Public Service Interpreting (PSI) in Italy, followed by a review of the literature on non-professional interpreting in PSI with a specific focus on Child Language Brokering (CLB) in the educational setting. We will then illustrate and discuss the results of a research that used a methodology that is new to CLB studies in Italy, namely the use of narrative vignette interviews. A vignette provides a story-telling trigger that allows the respondents to reflect on what happens in the story and is a valid method for eliciting complex and sensitive accounts of CLB in our case. The results of the analysis of the narratives created with the aid of this methodology brought to the fore new aspects of the practice of CLB in the public service setting in general and in the educational setting in particular.

Source: FITISPos-International Journal

DOI: 10.37536/fitispos-ij.2025.12.1.386

Authors: Federica Ceccoli, Rachele Antonini

Institution: University of Bologna

Language: English

Topic: Translation Studies and Practices

Subfield: Language and Linguistics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: European Commission

Award: Networking the Educational World: Across Boundaries for Community-building