Interpreters and war crimes
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Interpreters and war crimes
(Routledge advances in translation and interpreting studies)
Routledge, 2021
- : hbk
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Summary: "Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this book raises new questions and provides different perspectives on the roles, responsibilities, ethics and protection of interpreters in war while investigating the substance and agents of Japanese war crimes and legal aspects of interpreters' taking part in war crimes. Informed by studies on interpreter ethics in conflict, historical studies of Japanese war crimes and legal discussion on individual liability in war crimes, Takeda provides a detailed description and analysis of the 39 interpreter defendants and interpreters as witnesses of war crimes at British military trials against the Japanese in the aftermath of the Pacific War, and tackles ethical and legal issues of various risks faced by interpreters in violent conflict. The book first discusses the backgrounds, recruitment and wartime activities of the accused interpreters at British military trials in addition to the charges they faced, ... "
Includes bibliographical references (p. [160]-175) and index
Contents of Works
- The accused interpreters
- Charges against interpreters
- Interpreters' defences
- Fates of the accused interpreters
- Proximity to violence
- Visibility and perceived authorship of speech
- Joint responsibility in war crimes
- Witnesses of crimes
- Conclusion : protecting the interpreter
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