The focus of this thesis lies in describing church interpreting in Romanian Pentecostal churches.... more The focus of this thesis lies in describing church interpreting in Romanian Pentecostal churches. This is achieved by observations and analysis of one church interpreter in a Romanian Pentecostal church. The following questions are answered: Who are the church interpreters? According to what criteria are they chosen? What are their working conditions? The research approach was based on Autoethnography, where the researcher is working directly in the field, here the Pentecostal church, with the church interpreter. Data were collected by audio and video recordings, transcriptions, one questionnaire and notes and observations. The results show that church interpreters – as in most cases – are church mem- bers and working as lay interpreters. Due to her long interpreting activity in the church, the observed church interpreter was able, following the principle of learning by doing, to pool a number of strategies, which she chooses wittingly. Through her actions and behaviour, the church ...
The focus of this thesis lies in describing church interpreting in Romanian Pentecostal churches.... more The focus of this thesis lies in describing church interpreting in Romanian Pentecostal churches. This is achieved by observations and analysis of one church interpreter in a Romanian Pentecostal church. The following questions are answered: Who are the church interpreters? According to what criteria are they chosen? What are their working conditions? The research approach was based on Autoethnography, where the researcher is working directly in the field, here the Pentecostal church, with the church interpreter. Data were collected by audio and video recordings, transcriptions, one questionnaire and notes and observations. The results show that church interpreters – as in most cases – are church mem- bers and working as lay interpreters. Due to her long interpreting activity in the church, the observed church interpreter was able, following the principle of learning by doing, to pool a number of strategies, which she chooses wittingly. Through her actions and behaviour, the church ...
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