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Community interpreting for public service bodies dealing with foreign nationals
Kotašová, Dita ; Klein, Silke (referee) ; Čeňková, Ivana (advisor)
The thesis deals with the subject of Community Interpreting, which has not been explored very deeply until now. This subject has already been treated in the theses of Lucie Nakládalová (2005) and Jana Gutvirtová (2008), but the presented thesis offers a different point of view to the subject concerned. It is exploring the situation of foreigners coming from Western Europe, namely French and German speakers, who live in the Czech Republic on a more or less long term basis, but who have not mastered the Czech language at all or well enough. The theoretical part of the thesis is devoted to the definition of Community Interpreting, the range and specifics of its application, and to the description of the situation in some countries inside and outside Europe. The Czech Republic is especially accentuated, including the study of the number of foreigners living on the Czech territory and the principles of their integration. The empirical part targets the specific authorities and health centres that get in touch with foreigners, including the experiences of their staff acting as ad-hoc interpreters. This thesis also contains a survey carried out among German and French speaking foreigners, focusing on their personal experiences with overcoming the language barrier with as well as without an interpreter.
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