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Lawyering Across Languages: The Dynamics of Lawyer Interpreter Collaboration in Legal Interviews

Lawyering Across Languages: The Dynamics of Lawyer Interpreter Collaboration in Legal Interviews

Xu, Han

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Advances in Translation and Interpreting Studies

LinguisticsWriting Instruction

PREORDER - Expected ship date October 13, 2026

ISBN10: 1041089155
ISBN13: 9781041089155
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Oct 13 2026
Pages: 208
Language: English

This book offers a holistic view of the complex dynamics of interpreter-facilitated legal interviews, elucidating insights into challenges and opportunities for effective communication in legal settings in today's multilingual world.

The volume sheds light on an underexplored area of research at the intersection of language and the law in its focus on legal interviews, a key dimension of legal communication. Xu adopts an ethnographic approach to data from authentic interviews at several legal aid institutions in Australia, supported by survey data with lawyers and interpreters from across Australia. Drawing on these different data sources, Xu explores the ethical, technological, and communicative challenges in interpreter-mediated legal interviews, from deviations in ethical standards by untrained interpreters to the difficulties of remote interpreting. In so doing, the volume puts in starker relief the importance of professional training, ethical practices, and proactive approaches in facilitating effective communication and access to justice for all clients in multilingual legal settings.

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