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Article published In: Ideology and Cross-Cultural Encounters - Research and Methodology in Translation and Interpreting / Idéologie et les rencontres des cultures - recherche et méthodologie en traduction et interprétation
[FORUM 7:1] 2009
► pp. 99–122

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Does Translation Hinder Integration?

 | Aston University, Birmingham, UK
Published online: 1 April 2009
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https://doi.org/10.1075/forum.7.1.05sch
En 2006 et 2007 les coÛts croissants des services de traduction et d’interprétation dans le secteur public ont fait de nouveau l’objet de débats. Il a même été suggéré que de telles prestations offertes à la population immigrée nuisait à la cohésion sociale et représentaient des mesures désincitatives à l’acquisition de la langue anglaise. Le présent article s’intéresse à ce débat dans le contexte des politiques linguistiques du Royaume-Uni et du monolinguisme et par rapport à la construction discursive de l’identité et s’interroge sur le rôle de la traductologie dans ce débat.
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