Sign Language Interpreters in Court: Understanding Best Practices - Couverture souple

Mathers, Carla

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1425923410 ISBN 13 : 9781425923419

Editeur : AuthorHouse, 2006

Synopsis

Sign Language Interpreters in Court: Understanding Best Practices is the first comprehensive text examining the role and function of sign language interpreters working in the legal arena. Designed for interpreters seeking a principled basis to justify best and emerging practices, the book presents a critical analysis of the constitutional, statutory and ethical foundations underpinning the work of court interpreters. Sign Language Interpreters in Court: Understanding Best Practices offers the theoretical tools for understanding, applying and articulating the various roles and functions undertaken by sign language interpreters in court.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Carla M. Mathers, Esquire, CSC, SC: L is a senior associate with McCollum & Associates, LLC, in College Park, Maryland. Ms. Mathers is licensed to practice law in the state and federal courts of Maryland and the District of Columbia. Ms. Mathers graduated magna cum laude from Howard University School of Law and summa cum laude from the University of Maryland. Ms. Mathers' holds an interpreting degree from the College of Southern Idaho. Ms. Mathers is a former President and Vice President of the Potomac Chapter Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. Ms. Mathers sat on the Maryland Administrative Office of the Courts' Advisory Committee on Interpreters Sub-committee on Ethics and Sub-committee on Testing and Training. In 2005, Ms. Mathers received the Judie Husted Leadership Award from the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. As a certified interpreter and a practicing lawyer, Ms. Mathers is in a unique position to provide current theoretical and practical knowledge to participants through a variety of formats. Ms. Mathers has traveled and taught court interpretation nationally since 1986. She maintains a blog for interpreters, lawyers and deaf people at www.deaflawblog.com.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: AuthorHouse
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1425923410
• ISBN 13: 9781425923419
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 300
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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