A narrative inquiry into interpreting in video settings: Profession in pentimento

Peterson, Rico

doi:10.1075/btl.99.12pet

In:Advances in Interpreting Research: Inquiry in action
Edited by Brenda Nicodemus and Laurie Swabey
[Benjamins Translation Library 99] 2011
► pp. 199–224

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Profession in pentimento

A narrative inquiry into interpreting in video settings

Rico Peterson

Published online: 22 November 2011

https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.99.12pet

Video Relay Service (VRS) “interpreting” in the United States is today a billion-dollar industry, regulated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). In this chapter, the role of the interpreter in the VRS industry is explored through a form of narrative inquiry. Deaf people around the world have suffered pervasive and negative consequences as a result of the for-profit model of VRS in the United States. A comparison between community and VRS work is offered and the issue of working conditions in VRS is explored. Recommendations are made that interpreters distinguish between interpreting and working as a communication assistant (CA), the title given the work by the FCC and freely adopted by industry.

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