Journal article
Working with interpreters in the family violence sector in Australia: “It's very hard to be in between”
Claire Sullivan, Karen Block, Linda Murray, Deborah Warr, Jasmin Chen, Erin Davis, Adele Murdolo, Cathy Vaughan
International Journal of Intercultural Relations | Elsevier | Published : 2023
Abstract
This study explores the role of interpreters and experiences of interpreting within family violence service provision in Australia. Data were drawn from the ASPIRE Project, a community-based participatory research project involving in-depth interviews with service providers (n = 57) and refugee and migrant women who had experienced family violence (n = 46), and a focus group discussion with interpreters (n = 4). The findings show that interpreting services are often inadequate and can create additional safety risks through breaches of confidentiality and other practices that undermine women experiencing family violence. Interpreters themselves are insufficiently supported to undertake the co..
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We gratefully acknowledge that this research was funded by Australia's National Research Organisation for Women's Safety (ANROWS) and, through it, the Australian Government and Australian State and Territory Governments. The findings and views reported in this paper are those of the authors and cannot be attributed to ANROWS or to the Australian Government, or any Australian state or territory government. ANROWS had no involvement in developing the study design; in the collection, analysis and inter- pretation of data; in the writing of or decision to submit this article for publication.