Kumiko Torikai

List of John Benjamins publications in which Kumiko Torikai is involved.

Title

Voices of the Invisible Presence: Diplomatic interpreters in post-World War II Japan

Kumiko Torikai

Voices of the Invisible Presence: Diplomatic interpreters in post-World War II Japan examines the role and the making of interpreters, in the social, political and economic context of postwar Japan, using oral history as a method. The primary questions addressed are what kind of people became… read more

[Benjamins Translation Library, 83] 2009. x, 197 pp.

Articles

Torikai, Kumiko 2016 Nagasaki Tsūji in historical novels by Yoshimura Akira: An alternative way of studying the history of interpreters New Insights in the History of Interpreting, Takeda, Kayoko and Jesús Baigorri-Jalón (eds.), pp. 75–98 | Article

This chapter attempts to illustrate the significance of studying the history of interpreting through novels, focusing on Yoshimura Akira who portrayed pre-modern interpreters within socio-political contexts of the time. Four of Yoshimura’s novels will be analyzed: (1) Fuyu no Taka (1974),… read more

Torikai, Kumiko 2011 Conference interpreters and their perception of culture: From the narratives of Japanese pioneers Identity and Status in the Translational Professions, Sela-Sheffy, Rakefet and Miriam Shlesinger † (eds.), pp. 189–208 | Article

Torikai, Kumiko 2010 Conference interpreters and their perception of culture: From the narratives of Japanese pioneers Profession, Identity and Status: Translators and Interpreters as an Occupational Group: Part II: Questions of role and identity, Sela-Sheffy, Rakefet and Miriam Shlesinger † (eds.), pp. 75–93 | Article

This paper seeks to explore the perception of culture held by conference and diplomatic interpreters in post-WWII Japan. Based on oral history research with five Japanese pioneers, interpreters’ perceptions about culture and cultural barriers in communication are studied and then compared with… read more