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UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI THE INTERPRETER'S INVOLVEMENT IN A TRANSLATED INSTITUTION: A CASE STUDY OF SERMON INTERPRETING Alev Balci Tison ALEV BALCI TISON THE INTERPRETER’S INVOLVEMENT IN A TRANSLATED INSTITUTION: A CASE STUDY OF SERMON INTERPRETING DOCTORAL THESIS Supervised by Dr Franz Pöchhacker and Dr Ebru Diriker Intercultural Studies Group ROVIRA I VIRGILI UNIVERSITY Translation and Intercultural Studies Tarragona 2016 UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI THE INTERPRETER'S INVOLVEMENT IN A TRANSLATED INSTITUTION: A CASE STUDY OF SERMON INTERPRETING Alev Balci Tison UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI THE INTERPRETER'S INVOLVEMENT IN A TRANSLATED INSTITUTION: A CASE STUDY OF SERMON INTERPRETING Alev Balci Tison Abstract This thesis examines the sermon interpreter’s involvement in an institutional religious setting, using an interdisciplinary and multi-method approach. Notions such as institution, ideology, norm and context are discussed in relation to a multi-level analytical framework, drawing on perspectives from sociology, sociolinguistics, translation studies and homiletics. A particular church is investigated as a case study of a translated and translating institution which is being established in a new linguistic and cultural context, with a focus on the role of interpreters and interpreting practices. Although there has been no prior research on the topic, notions of involvement in various contexts of community interpreting shed valuable light on it. Recognizing that interpreting can never occur in a social vacuum and that interpreters are bound by the context in which they function, a descriptive analysis of the micro- and macro-level contexts is provided as a foundation for the data analysis to follow. The study discusses the sermon as genre for a deeper understanding of the interpreter-mediated communicative events under study. Ethnography and a degree of autoethnography are employed to conduct fieldwork and to collect data for both qualitative and quantitative analyses. These facilitate the investigation of role perceptions and expectancy norms regarding issues such as the interpreter’s motivation, eligibility, the degree of authority granted to them, and ideological influences on interpreting strategies. The findings are triangulated by discourse analysis of naturally-occurring interpreter-mediated sermons to discover evidence of interpreter involvement in the communicative event. The church’s interpreters are shown to be an integral part in the process of institutionalization through the sermonic communication they mediate, which highlights their role at the level of translating the institution. Both their role and interpreting per se are crucial in terms of the cultural negotiations required for “translating” the institution along with its ideology into a new culture. Here, “translating” is taken as a concept beyond its immediate meaning of transfer between languages; it is the translation of an entire entity into a different culture at the institutional level, with all of its aspects. The act of sermon interpreting is thus both constrained by the institution's ideology and norms for interpreting, and at the same time, it is a factor in the translation of the institution itself. i UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI THE INTERPRETER'S INVOLVEMENT IN A TRANSLATED INSTITUTION: A CASE STUDY OF SERMON INTERPRETING Alev Balci Tison Keywords: interpreter involvement, translating ideology, translating institutions, translated institution, norms of preaching, norms of interpreting, interpreting in religious settings, church interpreting, institutional interpreting, multicultural homiletics ii UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI THE INTERPRETER'S INVOLVEMENT IN A TRANSLATED INSTITUTION: A CASE STUDY OF SERMON INTERPRETING Alev Balci Tison iii UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI THE INTERPRETER'S INVOLVEMENT IN A TRANSLATED INSTITUTION: A CASE STUDY OF SERMON INTERPRETING Alev Balci Tison UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI THE INTERPRETER'S INVOLVEMENT IN A TRANSLATED INSTITUTION: A CASE STUDY OF SERMON INTERPRETING Alev Balci Tison v UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI THE INTERPRETER'S INVOLVEMENT IN A TRANSLATED INSTITUTION: A CASE STUDY OF SERMON INTERPRETING Alev Balci Tison UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI THE INTERPRETER'S INVOLVEMENT IN A TRANSLATED INSTITUTION: A CASE STUDY OF SERMON INTERPRETING Alev Balci Tison Acknowledgements Although my name alone appears on the cover of this dissertation, I owe my gratitude to many people who have made its production possible and because of whom this experience has been one that I will cherish forever. I feel incredibly privileged to have had Franz Pöchhacker and Ebru Diriker as my thesis supervisors. Dr. Pöchhacker gave me the idea for this research project, and the endeavor has turned out to be one of my favorite life stories. For nine years, his expertise, guidance, trust and patience helped make the entire study possible. Heartfelt thanks goes to him for constantly encouraging, inspiring and motivating me, for sharing his exceptional knowledge and experience throughout the research process, and for providing excellent supervision from start to finish. Dr. Diriker, who came to be a rescue in times of research crisis, always brought a positive perspective, no matter how gloomy it looked to me. I am grateful for her boundless encouragement and trust, as well as the constructive feedback and intellectual guidance she provided. My understanding of the role of the interpreter has benefited greatly from many pearls of wisdom that she shared with me. I would also like to thank Dr. Anthony Pym for facilitating the whole PhD program, for making all the resources available for us to conduct quality research, and for enabling me to attend the CETRA Summer School 2008 in Belgium and the Nida School of TS 2009 in Italy. This whole PhD venture has been a life battle, but fortunately I had an army to fight with me. First and foremost, Major Michael Tison, who has been involved in this project to the extent of a co-researcher, helped me through the agonizing period of writing a thesis. It is difficult to fully express my appreciation for my brilliant husband because his support and encouragement were unceasing. He provided a wide range of assistance: technical guidance, editing, writing emails, making charts to show my progress, giving moral support, and helping unravel so many problems. He is my most enthusiastic supporter. He fought with me on the frontlines to the victory. Next, I owe a great debt of gratitude to Dr. Jill Karlik, whose help has been simply priceless. Her remarkable editing skills, insightful comments and constructive criticisms, especially at the critical writing stage of my research, were thought- provoking, challenging, and instrumental in helping me to focus my ideas. I am thankful vii UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI THE INTERPRETER'S INVOLVEMENT IN A TRANSLATED INSTITUTION: A CASE STUDY OF SERMON INTERPRETING Alev Balci Tison for her encouragement, practical advice, reading of my drafts, and commenting on my views. I sincerely appreciate the generous gift of her time and expertise. I am deeply grateful to my dear friend Betsy Cruz, who liberally gave her time, unfailing support and assistance in revising and commenting on the drafts.