Sign Language Interpreting: Deconstructing the Myth of Neutrality

by Melanie Metzger

As with all professional interpreters, sign language interpreters strive to achieve the proper protocol of complete objectivity and accuracy in their translation without influencing the interaction in any way. Yet, Melanie Metzger's significant work Sign Language Interpreting: Deconstructing the Myth of Neutrality demonstrates clearly that the ideal of an interpreter as a neutral language conduit does not exist. Metzger offers evidence of this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 156368344X
• ISBN13: 9781563683442
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"