Language Proficiency and Use of Interpreters/Translators in Fieldwork: A Survey of US-Based Anthropologists and Sociologists

• Published in: Multilingua Vol. 42; no. 4; pp. 499 - 525
• Main Authors: Sepielak, Katarzyna, Wladyka, Dawid, Yaworsky, William
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: De Gruyter Mouton 26.07.2023
• Subjects: Anthropology; College Faculty; Decision Making; English (Second Language); Ethics; Field Studies; Foreign Countries; Intercultural Communication; Interpersonal Relationship; Language Processing; Language Proficiency; Language Usage; Language Variation; Likert Scales; Native Language; Postcolonialism; Professional Personnel; Research Assistants; Research Methodology; Researchers; Second Language Learning; Second Languages; Sociology; Translation; Trend Analysis

The proficiency in vernacular has long been a methodological ethos pervasive among field researchers and--despite new dynamics of fieldwork--still overshadows discussions related to collaboration with translators and interpreters, which are either marginalized or hidden within the category of a ...