Munday, J (2018) A model of appraisal: Spanish interpretations of President Trump’s inaugural address 2017. Perspectives: Studies in Translation Theory and Practice, 26 (2). pp. 180-195. ISSN 0907-676X
Abstract
This article analyses President Trump’s inaugural speech (2017) from the point of view of appraisal theory. It compares the source text appraisal profile with that of six Spanish target texts (five simultaneous interpretations and one written translation) in order to identify critical points of interpreter/translator intervention. The article replicates analysis of President Obama’s 2009 inaugural speech, enabling further generalisation of the earlier findings and a refinement of methodology. This new study concurs with the earlier one in revealing that expressions of attitude rarely shift; by contrast, shifts in graduation are less frequent in Trump’s speech, possibly because the reduced speed of delivery does not force the interpreter into so many omissions. More sensitive are shifts in engagement, particularly counter-expectancy indicators and pronouns, which affect deictic positioning. The article concludes with a discussion of the methodology and the role played by speech mode, since problems described by interpreters are found more frequently in Trump’s impromptu or unscripted speeches than in the more formal scripted inauguration.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2017, Taylor & Francis. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Perspectives: Studies in Translation Theory and Practice on 25 October 2017, available online https://doi.org/10.1080/0907676X.2017.1388415 |
Keywords: | Appraisal theory, deictic positioning, interpreter positioning, presidential inaugural, President Trump |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Languages Cultures & Societies (Leeds) > Spanish & Portuguese (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 16 Oct 2017 10:52 |
Last Modified: | 08 Oct 2020 12:17 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/0907676X.2017.1388415 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:122472 |