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'He was obliged to seek refuge': an illustrative example of a cross-language interview analysis.
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Qualitative Research . Dec2021, Vol. 21 Issue 6, p846-864. 19p. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- This paper provides one of the first inquiries into the interactional dynamics of an interpreter-mediated research encounter. All spoken interactions – that is, originals and real-time translations produced in a multilingual interview conducted with a Syrian refugee – were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim using conversation analysis notation, retranslated and collaboratively analysed from three major perspectives: common language, equivalence, and loss and gain in translation. A stimulated recall interview, field notes and audio-recorded work sessions documenting our interpretative practices complement the data. Fixing our analytical gaze on the minute details of language use across English–Arabic allowed for a novel inquiry into specific moments of meaning making, role performances and rapport building in qualitative interviewing. Our examples illustrate how an agreed-on sense of the source meaning is established not only during the interview itself, but also at the point of its multilingual representation and analysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14687941
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Qualitative Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 154068426
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1468794120952020