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Item Exploring the role of court interpreters in KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa(2022-01-01) Simelane Bhekizenzo Ben; Ndlovu, M. V.; Zulu, Sylvia PhiwaniIn South Africa, court interpreters are guided by the professional ethics (Code of Ethics). This has resulted in magistrates and judges not forming their own opinions as to what the role of court interpreters is but to make it easier for both parties to understand each other’s role. As such, court interpreters do not find themselves performing tasks that are outside their scope of duties. This study employs a qualitative research methodology. To provide answers, one on one interviews, participant observation and document analysis were used to collect data in the Durban Magistrate Court. Durban, the location of the research, is an urban area situated in Southern KwaZulu-Natal. The aim of the present study is to explore how court interpreters enact their roles based on professional ethics (code of ethics) in KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa. The researcher followed the interpretivism approach. In the top-down approach, two legislations, namely, “The court interpreters code of conduct” and “The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Act 93 of 1996 (as amended)”, were examined to determine if court interpreters understand their role and to what extent? In the bottom-up approach, examples of court proceedings were studied in order to determine specific roles that are played by court interpreters during trials. Extracts from transcripts of mechanically recorded court interpreter’s interviews were also analysed. This study will shed lighter on the role of court interpreters which could lead to improved interpreting.Item Scaffolding preservice engineering graphics and design teachers’ interpretation ability of assembly drawing(African Journals Online (AJOL), 2021) Singh-Pillay, A.; Sotsaka, D.This study focuses on first-year Pre-service Engineering Graphics and Design teachers (PSEGDTs), as studies on the spatial-visual abilities of PSEGDTs is absent in mainstream spatial-visual literature. This paper reports on a teaching resource designed to support PSEDGTs' reading and interpreting AD. Data is presented in response to the following research questions, Does the comprehension of Assembly Drawing by PSEGDTs, alter after exposure to the teaching resource, if so how and, what contributed to the change? Twenty-one first-year PSEDGTs who participated in the authors' more extensive study were deliberately chosen to partake in this research. Individual interviews and focus group interviews were employed to develop data. Content analysis was embraced to elicit meaning from the data. The results highlight a significant improvement in most first-year PSEGDTs ability to read and interpret assembly drawings after the teaching resource. The research proposes an innovative strategy for teaching and learning of assembly drawing.Item Sociolinguistic influences on the quality of interpreting for foreign African immigrants in South African courtrooms(Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2016-01-31) Usadolo, Sam ErevbenagieThe study presents some sociolinguistic influences on the quality of interpreting for foreign African immigrants in South African courtrooms. Data was collected using observation of courtroom proceedings and unstructured interviews. The sociolinguistic influences identified can be linked to factors such as the notion of equivalence, misunderstandings about the role of the interpreter by principal actors, code-switching, and interpreting in the first person and third person by interpreters. These factors are discussed in terms of their negative influences on the quality of interpreting and how they can be mitigated. Finally, based on the identified limitation of the study, suggestions for further study are given.