The care and feeding of linguists: the working environment of interpreters, translators and linguists during peacekeeping in Bosnia-Herzegovina
The care and feeding of linguists: the working environment of interpreters, translators and linguists during peacekeeping in Bosnia-Herzegovina
The history of war and peacekeeping has little to say about languages or the people who work with them, yet a closer inspection shows that contacts between different languages and the presence of an interpreter were a routine experience during the peacekeeping and peace-building operations conducted by the UN and NATO in Bosnia-Herzegovina. This paper shows how political, strategic, tactical and economic pressures affected the working lives of local civilians employed as interpreters/translators/linguists and the soldiers from the multinational force who served as military interpreters. In so doing, it argues that the history of interlingual communication deserves to be included in the history of conflict.
peacekeeping, bosnia-herzegovina, unprofor, ifor, sfor, military contractors
154-175
Baker, Catherine
50f848f3-f852-43ef-8bbc-a087313a779f
October 2010
Baker, Catherine
50f848f3-f852-43ef-8bbc-a087313a779f
Baker, Catherine
(2010)
The care and feeding of linguists: the working environment of interpreters, translators and linguists during peacekeeping in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
War & Society, 29 (2), .
(doi:10.1179/204243410X12674422128993).
Abstract
The history of war and peacekeeping has little to say about languages or the people who work with them, yet a closer inspection shows that contacts between different languages and the presence of an interpreter were a routine experience during the peacekeeping and peace-building operations conducted by the UN and NATO in Bosnia-Herzegovina. This paper shows how political, strategic, tactical and economic pressures affected the working lives of local civilians employed as interpreters/translators/linguists and the soldiers from the multinational force who served as military interpreters. In so doing, it argues that the history of interlingual communication deserves to be included in the history of conflict.
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Published date: October 2010
Keywords:
peacekeeping, bosnia-herzegovina, unprofor, ifor, sfor, military contractors
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/141598
ISSN: 0729-2473
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