B2575 - INTERPRETAZIONE DIALOGICA TRA L'ITALIANO E IL FRANCESE (PRIMA LINGUA) II

Learning outcomes

At the end of the cours, the student is familiar with the problems of dialogue interpretation and is able to evaluate deontologically correct behavior in that field; he/she is able to use a wide range of dialogic interpretation strategies between French and Italian in complex communicative situations involving a terminological component to be applied in the field.

Course contents

The 40-hours module (with 20 hours with the co-presence of PhD Marie-Line Zucchiatti https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/marieline.zucchiatti [http:] takes place during the second semester, LinTec, year 3, Curriculum A: Interpretazione e Traduzione. It is part of the integrated course Mediazione linguistica scritta e orale francese (prima lingua) and is aimed at further developing skills, strategies and techniques needed to perform dialogue interpreting in French and Italian legal and criminal court setting. The module includes general language (vocabulary, terminology, syntax, idiomatic expressions, phraseological units) and cultural improvement, with a specific focus on oral language, both in French and Italian, and with an emphasis on specific semantic areas and topics dealt with the module. Students, in addition to being taught practical and theoretical aspects of dialogue interpreting in legal and court settings, will be made aware of ethical & quality standards and best practices in order to understand the role and responsibilities of a an legal and court interpreter.

Class schedule: see below

Office hours: see https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/elio.ballardini/ [http:]

Readings/Bibliography

AssITIG (Associazione Italiana Traduttori e Interpreti Giudiziari), Codice deontologico e responsabilità professionali, www.interpretigiudiziari.org

E. Ballardini (1998). "La traduzione a vista nella formazione degli interpreti". Intralinea, 1. http://www.intralinea.org [http:]

E. Ballardini (2002). „The Interpreter/Translator in Italian Criminal Proceedings: Quality of Linguistic Assistance for non Italian Speaking Foreigners“.In G. Garzone, P. Mead & M. Viezzi (eds.) Perspectives on Interpreting, Bologna, CLUEB, "Biblioteca della SSLMIT", pp. 205-215.

E. Ballardini (2005a). «Au-delà des barrières linguistiques au procès pénal italien ». InM. Callari Galli, D. Londei, A. Soncini Fratta (a cura di). Il Meticciato culturale. Luogo di creazione, di nuove identità o di conflitto. Bologna, CLUEB, pp. 39-55.

E. Ballardini (2005b). „L'interprete nel processo penale italiano: profilo professionale e ipotesi di formazione.“ In M. Russo, G. Mack (a cura di). Interpretazione di trattativa. La mediazione linguistico-culturale nel contesto formativo e professionale.Milano: Editore Ulrico Hoepli. pp. 167-179.

E. Ballardini (2010). « Le rôle de l'interprète dans le procès criminel français du XVIe au XVIIIe siècle. » in D. Miller, A. Pano (a cura di). La geografia della mediazione linguistico-culturale. Bologna: Dupress. Quaderni del CeSLiC. Atti di Convegni CeSLiC 2: Selected Papers. pp. 109-124.

E. Ballardini (2011) « Traduire devant un juge ». In D. Londei & M. Callari Galli (éds). Traduire les savoirs.Peter Lang AG, Coll. "Transversales. Langues, sociétés, cultures et apprentissages" n° 26. Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Oxford, Wien. pp. 359-377.

E. Ballardini (2012). Traduire devant la justice pénale. L'interprète traducteur dans les codes de procédure pénale italiens aux XIXe et XXe siècles. Bologna : Bononia University Press. Coll. « Studi Interdisciplinari su Traduzione, Lingue e Culture ». 219 pp.

E. Ballardini (2013). « Interpréter et traduire au procès Eichmann: construction d'un événement médiatique plurilingue. » In S. Moirand, S. Reboul-Touré, D. Londei, L. Reggiani (éds). Dire l'événement. Langage, mémoire, société. Paris: Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle, pp. 161-170. https://books.openedition.org/psn/3252

E. Ballardini (2014a).“L'interprete traduttore nel procedimento penale italiano: quale formazione alla luce delle recenti direttive europee?” In C. Falbo & M. Viezzi (a cura di). Traduzione e interpretazione per la società e le istituzioni. Trieste: Edizione Università Trieste. pp. 59-72.

E. Ballardini (2014b). « Considérations sur la traduction du langage juridique du français en italien dans Maigret aux Assises de Georges Simenon ». Napoli: Liguori. In A. Patierno & J. Podeur (éds). Traduire le polar. Tradurre il racconto poliziesco, pp. 143-154.

E. Ballardini (2019). “À propos de la neutralité de l’interprète judiciaire”, in N. Celotti & C. Falbo (éds.), La parole des sans-voix. Questionnements linguistiques et enjeux sociétaux, mediAzioni 26, pp. 1-21. on line: http://www.mediazioni.sitlec.unibo.it [http:]

E. Ballardini, (2020). "Dimension culturelle des espaces judiciaires et interprétation", in J.-P. Dufiet & E. Ravazzoli, Regards sur les médiations culturelles et sociales. Acteurs, dispositifs, publics, enjeux linguistiques et identitaires, Trento, Università degli Studi di Trento - Dipartimento di Lettere e Filosofia, pp. 21-38.

E. Ballardini & M.J. González Rodríguez (2021). "Interpretare per la giustizia: tribunali e intercettazioni" in: M. Russo (a cura di) Interpretare da e verso l'italiano. Didattica e innovazione per la formazione dell’interprete, Bologna, Bononia University Press, pp. 337-358. [https://cris.unibo.it/handle/11585/874819 [http:]]

S. Berk-Seligson (1990), The Bilingual Courtroom: Court Interpreters in The Judicial Process, Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

J. Collins & R. Morris (1996), Interpreters and the Legal Process, Waterside Press, Winchester.

D. Curtotti Nappi (2002), Il problema delle lingue nel processo penale, Milano, Giuffrè.

E.M. De Jongh (1992), An Introduction to Court Interpreting. Theory and Practice, Lanham, New York, London, University Press of America.

R. Dueñas Gonzáles, V.F. Vásquez & H. Mikkelson (1991), Fundamentals of Court Interpretation, Carolina Academic Press.

C. Driesen (1990), “L'interprète judiciaire face aux obstacles, ratés et échecs de la communication au pénal“, in M. Lederer (1990) (éds), Etudes traductologiques en hommage à Danica Seleskovitch, Paris, Minard, Lettres Modernes, pp. 243-252.

A.B. Edwards (1995), The practice of Court Interpreting, Amsterdam/Philadelphia, John Benjamins Publishing.

C. Falbo (2013), La comunicazione interlinguistica in ambito giuridico. Temi, problemi e prospettive di ricerca. Trieste, EUT. http://www.openstarts.units.it/dspace/handle/10077/9305.

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Teaching methods

Didactics will consist in a theoretical introduction and a practical training with various exercises, such as comprehension and reformulation of oral texts, rephrasing, sight translation (both from and into French), memorisation, summarisation, cloze tests. Authentic material or simulations close to real-life dialogue bilingual situations, and a full range of professionals bilingual scenarios will be performed (role plays), and students will be asked to play an active role within as legal / court interpreters.

Assessment methods

The exam will consist of:

Sight translation Italian>French

Sight translation French>Italian

(Italian-French) dialogue interpreting (role play) in a legal and criminal court settin.

The module is part of, together with Metodi e pratiche avanzate della traduzione dal francese (prima lingua) all'italiano of the integrated course Mediazione scritta e orale francese (prima lingua). The overall mark for the whole course is calculated by averaging the marks a candidate receives in the two constituent modules.

Score scale for Dialogue Interpreting between Italian and French, (first & second language)

30-30 cum laude: Excellent. Student demonstrates a full knowledge of dialogue interpreting skills, perfect oral language production with clear and fluent delivery, high quality management of the interlingual and intercultural interaction in a legal or criminal court setting.

27-29: 'Very good' mark. Student demonstrates a very good knowledge of dialogue interpreting skills, oral language production with minor errors, and manage very well the interlingual and intercultural interaction in a legal or criminal court setting.

24-26: 'good' mark. Student demonstrates a good knowledge of dialogue interpreting skills, good oral language production with some problems, an essentially correct ability to manage the interlingual and intercultural interaction in a legal or criminal court setting.

21-23: 'average' mark. Student demonstrates evident problems and imprecisions in dialogue interpreting, innacurate oral language production, and limited capacity to manage the interlingual and intercultural interaction in a legal or criminal court setting.

18-20: 'Pass' mark. Student demonstrate basic but superficial abilities in dialogue interpreting, with major grammatical, lexical or phonological errors, an oral production difficult to understand, and a limited ability to manage the interlingual and intercultural interaction in a legal or criminal court setting.

Fail mark: Student is unable to adequataly perform french/italian dialogue interpreting in a legal or criminal court setting.

Students with specific learning difficulties (SpLD) or with disabilities that can affect their ability to attend courses are invited to contact the University service for students with disabilities and SLD at the earliest opportunity -- ideally before the start of the course: https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students. The University service will suggest possible adjustments to the course work and/or exam, which must then be submitted to the course leader so they can assess their feasibility, in line with the learning objectives of the course. Please note that adjustments to the exam must be requested at least two weeks in advance.

Teaching tools

The course will use texts taken from the Italian and French-speaking press, audiovisual material and linguistic interactions taken from or inspired by real professional situations in the Italian and French-speaking legal-judicial field.

Office hours

See the website of Elio Ballardini