Speaking the unspeakable: Female interpreters’ response to working with women who have been raped in war

C A Butler

Speaking the unspeakable: Female interpreters’ response to working with women who have been raped in war

C A Butler

Department of Psychology

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Abstract

Of those women who seek asylum in Britain, a proportion will find their way into psychology services. Many of these women do not speak English and so interpreters are used. This paper investigates how interpreters make sense of and cope with interpreting rape stories.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	22-26
Number of pages	5
Journal	Clinical Psychology Forum
Volume	192
Publication status	Published - Dec 2008

Keywords

War
Rape
Interpreters

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Speaking the unspeakable: Female interpreters’ response to working with women who have been raped in war

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