Title: Interpreting in Asylum Procedures
Subtitle: Dialogist Interpretation
Series Title: Translation, Interpreting and Social Justice in a Globalised World
Publication Year: 2025

Publisher: Multilingual Matters
http://www.multilingual-matters.com/
Book URL: https://www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/?K=9781836681311

Author(s): Hassan Mizori

Hbk ISBN 9781836681311 £119.95 / US$159.95 / €142.95
EPUB ISBN 9781836681335 £10.00 / US$15.00 / €12.00
PDF ISBN 9781836681328 £10.00 / US$15.00 / €12.00

Abstract:

This book introduces dialogist interpretation as an innovative approach within interpreting studies, offering a critical examination of interpreter-mediated asylum encounters. Based on a case study of a legal consultation in the Netherlands, the book reveals how internal dialogues, linguistic assumptions, institutional constraints and systemic biases influence credibility assessments and shape asylum narratives. Drawing on the author’s experience as a researcher, interpreter and former asylum seeker, this study examines the power dynamics between interpreters, legal professionals, asylum seekers and the institutional structures governing legal procedures. Through detailed textual analysis and reflective interviews, it demonstrates the active role interpreters play and offers a new paradigm for understanding and improving asylum procedures. Challenging dominant narratives and calling for systemic reform, this book offers practical recommendations for interpreters, educators, legal professionals and policymakers as well as essential insights for scholars in interpreting studies, law and communication.

Linguistic Field(s): Translation