Interpreters and War Crimes

• Published in: International journal of research studies in language learning Vol. 1; no. 4
• Main Author: Takeda, Kayoko
• Format: eBook Book Book Review
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Routledge 2021; Taylor and Francis; Taylor & Francis; Taylor & Francis Group; Consortia Academia Publishing
• Edition: 1
• Series: Routledge Advances in Translation and Interpreting Studies
• Subjects: 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999; 3MPBL c 1940 to c 1949; 3MPBLB c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period); Accused interpreters; Ally POWs; Bin Al Shibh; British military trials; c 1500 onwards to present day; Changi Prison; Civilian Interpreters; confidentiality; Criminal liability (International law); Criminal liability (International law) > History > 20th century; Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950; Ethical issues; Genocide & War Crimes; History; History and Archaeology; illusory agency; In-court Testimonies; interpreter ethics; Interpreter Proximity; Interpreters; interpreters in conflict; Interpreting; Interpreting Studies; Interrogatory Torture; Japan > Armed forces > Official and employees > Legal status, laws, etc. > Criminal provisions > History > 20th century; Japanese Military Administration; Japanese Military Organisations; Japanese war crimes; Joint Criminal Enterprise; joint responsibility; Language and Linguistics; Language Arts & Disciplines; Linguistics; Military; Military courts; Military courts > Great Britain > History > 20th century; Military history; Modern warfare; NHWR7 Second World War; Other warfare and defence issues; Political Science; Second World War; Society and Social Sciences; Specific wars and campaigns; Superior Orders Defence; Taiwanese Interpreters; Time period qualifiers; Translating & Interpreting; Translation and interpretation; Translators; Translators > Legal status, laws, etc. > Criminal provisions > History > 20th century; Violent hostilities; visibility; War crimes; War crimes trials; War crimes trials > Pacific Area > History > 20th century; War crimes trials-History-Pacific Area-20th century; Warfare and defence; World War II; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945 > Atrocities > Pacific Area; Young Man; Superior Orders Defence; Young Man; confidentiality; Joint Criminal Enterprise; Allied Trials; UK Operation; Violent hostilities; ICC Rome Statute; Prosecution Witnesses; British military trials; interpreters in conflict; Interpreter Proximity; Japanese war crimes; Japanese Military; illusory agency; Ally POWs; Accused interpreters; Temporary Interpreter; visibility; Changi Prison; Taiwanese Interpreters; Superior Orders; Dependent Adult Abuse; interpreter ethics; Ethical issues; Japanese Military Administration; Civilian Interpreters; Asia Pacific War; Japanese Military Organisations; joint responsibility; Interrogatory Torture; War Crimes Investigations; In-court Testimonies; war crimes trials; Bin Al Shibh
• ISBN: 0367557509; 9780367557492; 9780367557508; 0367557495; 1000365220; 9781000365221; 9781003094982; 1000365190; 9781000365191; 1003094988
• ISSN: 2243-7754; 2243-7754
• DOI: 10.4324/9781003094982

Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this book raises new questions and provides different perspectives on the roles, responsibilities, ethics and protection of interpreters in war while investigating the substance and agents of Japanese war crimes and legal aspects of interpreters taking part in w...

Table of Contents:

• Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Note on names and terms -- Introduction: Shooting the messenger? -- Part I Interpreters as defendants at British military trials for Japanese war crimes -- Chapter 1 The accused interpreters -- Chapter 2 Charges against interpreters -- Chapter 3 Interpreters' defences -- Chapter 4 Fates of the accused interpreters -- Part II Interpreters in war and conflict zones -- Chapter 5 Interpreters' proximity to violence -- Chapter 6 Interpreters' visibility and perceived authorship of speech -- Chapter 7 Interpreters' joint responsibility in war crimes -- Chapter 8 Interpreters as witnesses of crimes -- Conclusion: Protecting the interpreter -- Bibliography -- Index