Virtual presence, ethics, and videoconference interpreting : insights from court settings

• Main Author: Devaux, J
• Other Authors: Tipton, R, Valero-Garces, C
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Multilingual Matters 2017
• Subjects: Postville
• Online Access: http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/38674/; http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/38674/3/Virtual%2520presence,%2520ethics,%2520and%2520videoconference%2520interpreting%2520Insights%2520from%2520court%2520settings%5B1%5D.pdf; http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/38674/1/Virtual%20presence,%20ethics,%20and%20videoconference%20interpreting%20Insights%20from%20court%20settings.docx; http://www.multilingual-matters.com/display.asp?K=9781783097517

This article focuses on ethical issues arising from the use of videoconference interpreting in courts in England and Wales. It draws on a theoretical framework informed by Camayd-Freixas (2013) and four paradigms of ethics, namely: pre-existing rules, consequentialism, moral sentiments, and virtue e...