This is a recording of a live webinar presented in June 2024. You will receive a document containing the links to the slides and the video recording.

Course Summary:

Screenshots of texts, tweets, and Facebook posts: new media are everywhere in our lives, so naturally they are finding their way into the courtroom. Lawyers and litigants see them as hard evidence to prove their cases; court interpreters see them as something out of a nightmare. The abbreviations and emojis that are typical of new media can make textspeak appear as foreign as Egyptian hieroglyphs, making an accurate sight translation a seemingly impossible task. But the code can be cracked. Through practical exercises, glossary building, and an open discussion on ethics and best practices, this session will address various approaches to deciphering textspeak and to deciding how and when to sight translate in court.

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