Mediated Communication with Minors in Asylum-seeking Hearings |
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Authors: | Keselman, Olga Cederborg, Ann-Christin Lamb, Michael E. Dahlstrom, Orjan |
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Affiliation: | 1Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning/Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Linköping University, 581 83 Linköping, Sweden 2Department of Social and Developmental Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3RQ olga.keselman{at}liu.se |
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Abstract: | This study evaluated caseworkers information-seekingprompts in interviews with asylum-seeking minors and assessesthe accuracy of the translations provided by interpreters. Twentysix Russian-speaking minors were individually interviewed byone of 10 caseworkers assisted by one of 17 interpreters. Aquantitative analysis examined the type of questions asked andthe accuracy of the corresponding renditions. The actual andtranslated content of the messages were examined using a qualitativeanalysis. The study showed that interviewers relied heavilyon focused questions, which are more likely to elicit inaccurateinformation. When open questions were asked, the interviewerstended to ask narrow directive questions ratherthan broader invitations. The interpretersrenditions of utterances were often inaccurate. Almost halfof the misrepresentations altered the content and one thirdinvolved changes in the type of question asked. This indicatesthat both interviewers and translators clearly need specialtraining to ensure that they serve asylum-seeking minors adequately. |
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Keywords: | interpreters asylum hearings interviewing style accuracy of translation |
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