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    Empowerment and disempowerment : a descriptive analysis of the multi-faceted role of parliamentary interpreters in South Africa
    (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2023-03-05) Sogiba, Asiphe; Lesch, Harold; Wallmach, Kim; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Afrikaans and Dutch.
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Interpreters working in the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa are required to perform in different settings, employ different working modes and address different audiences. To successfully render their service, interpreters must adjust their role and interpretation modes according to each setting they work in. The current study investigates the multi-faceted role of the parliamentary interpreter in South Africa by comparing the role of parliamentary interpreters when they perform simultaneous interpreting remotely during parliamentary sittings to their role in “less formal” parliamentary sessions such as public hearing sessions (Ntuli, 2012:1). In addition, the study will examine the reasons why parliamentary interpreters feel more empowered when they interpret physically as opposed to when they interpret remotely. The study will employ a mixed methods research approach involving the distribution of questionnaires to the interpreters working in Parliament. In addition, online one-on-one interviews will be conducted with selected interpreters, and the researcher will also observe parliamentary proceedings at the Western Cape Legislature as well as public hearings in two provinces, namely, the Eastern Cape, as well as the Western Cape provinces of South Africa. The findings of this study will assist in highlighting the prevalent challenges within the interpreting profession in the Parliament of South Africa and South Africa in general, with recommendations on how to alleviate them for the betterment of the profession.