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INTERPRETING THE PEACE
PEACE OPERATIONS, CONFLICT AND LANGUAGE IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA |
| By: |
Michael Kelly, Catherine Baker |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£60.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1137029846 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781137029843 |
| Publisher: |
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN |
| Pub. date: |
30 November, 2012 |
| Series: |
Palgrave Studies in Languages at War |
| Description: |
Analysing the issues of language that faced international forces carrying out peace operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina in the 1990s, this book examines how differences of language were an integral part of the conflicts in the country and in what way the multinational UN and NATO forces faced their own problems of communication and language support. |
| Synopsis: |
Interpreting the Peace is the first full-length study of language support in multinational peace operations. Building peace depends on being able to communicate with belligerents, civilians and forces from other countries. This depends on effective and reliable mediation between languages. Yet language is frequently taken for granted in the planning and conduct of peace operations. Looking in detail at 1990s Bosnia-Herzegovina, this book shows how the UN and NATO forces addressed these issues and asks what can be learned from the experience. Drawing on more than fifty interviews with military personnel, civilian linguists and locally-recruited interpreters, the book explores problems such as the contested roles of military linguists, the challenges of improving a language service in the field, and the function of nationality and ethnicity in producing trust or mistrust. It will be of interest to readers in contemporary history, security studies, translation studies and sociolinguistics, and to practitioners working in translation and interpreting for military services and international organizations. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Palgrave Macmillan |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |