Communication mediated by conference interpreters: age and sex stereotypes
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https://doi.org/10.25029/od.2023.375.24Keywords:
Sex and age, stereotypes, ageism, simultaneous interpretationAbstract
Previous studies have concluded that the combination of interpreters’ sex and age may affect the perception of their simultaneous interpretation. In this study, 156 subjects completed a questionnaire assessing various non-verbal factors of the simultaneous interpretations produced by four male and four female interpreters of different age groups in a recording studio. The recordings were controlled to achieve a homogeneous rendition of verbal factors to favor the rating of non-verbal factors. The results show that interpreters’ sex- and age-related characteristics, as discerned by the listener, may bias the perceived interpreter’s performance.
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