TY - JOUR
T1 - Bridging worlds
T2 - Unveiling challenges in community interpreting in Israel
AU - Shwartz-Ziv, Tamar
AU - Shemer, Orna
AU - Nadan, Yochay
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2025.
PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - This study examines the challenges involved in community interpreting in multicultural social services in Israel. Based on 20 semi-structured interviews with interpreters and social workers working with Ethiopian and French immigrants, the findings reveal three types of challenges: translation of sensitive content, ethical issues, and interpreter employment policy. Consequently, the study suggests employing the concept of ‘experiential knowledge’ to understand the complexity of the triadic relationship among social workers, interpreters, and service users. In this way, it illustrates the power relations at the intersection of different types of knowledge in professional interventions and makes recommendations for linguistic-sensitive social work.
AB - This study examines the challenges involved in community interpreting in multicultural social services in Israel. Based on 20 semi-structured interviews with interpreters and social workers working with Ethiopian and French immigrants, the findings reveal three types of challenges: translation of sensitive content, ethical issues, and interpreter employment policy. Consequently, the study suggests employing the concept of ‘experiential knowledge’ to understand the complexity of the triadic relationship among social workers, interpreters, and service users. In this way, it illustrates the power relations at the intersection of different types of knowledge in professional interventions and makes recommendations for linguistic-sensitive social work.
KW - Community interpreting
KW - cultural competence
KW - experimental knowledge
KW - linguistic rights
KW - triadic practice
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85215071591&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/00208728241309476
DO - 10.1177/00208728241309476
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AN - SCOPUS:85215071591
SN - 0020-8728
JO - International Social Work
JF - International Social Work
ER -