"Interpreting The Amistad Trials traces the signal importance of interpreters and translators in the famous 19th-century Amistad case and discusses how race, ethnicity, slavery, and colonialism shaped this story. From the recruitment process to the various oral to sign languages that mediated linguistically in the Africans' life inside and outside the courtroom, and from evidentiary documents to fraudulent translations to credible testimonies, this book demonstrates the crucial importance of translation and interpretation in the Amistad plot and outcome"--
"Interpreting The Amistad Trials traces the signal importance of interpreters and translators in the famous 19th-century Amistad case and discusses how race, ethnicity, slavery, and colonialism shaped this story. From the recruitment process to the various oral to sign languages that mediated linguistically in the Africans' life inside and outside the courtroom, and from evidentiary documents to fraudulent translations to credible testimonies, this book demonstrates the crucial importance of translation and interpretation in the Amistad plot and outcome"--Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Jeanette Zaragoza-De León is Assistant Professor in the Graduate Translation Program and is coordinator of the first academic program in interpreting studies in Puerto Rico at the University of Puerto Rico. With more than 15 years of experience as an interpreter and translator, her historical research centers around interpreters and translators in the 19th-century transatlantic world.
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List of Definitions List of Figures The Names of the Amistad Interpreters and Translators Preface Foreword by William G. Thomas III Introduction 1. Like Water for Chocolate: The Colonial and Enslaving Background of the Amistad Case Transatlantic and Transnational Trade: The Backdrop of the Amistad Case The Amistad Christian Abolitionists-Some Friends in the Midst of an Unfriendly Environment Court Interpreting in the Nineteenth Century in Spain, Colonized Territories, and the USA 2. Translated Racial and Ethnic Issues in the Amistad Case Introduction: How They Mattered On the Evidentiary Documents: The Licencias Translation Issues from Connecticut to Congress, from the Judicial to the Executive Branch Translating Slavery and Liberation via the Amistad Missives 3. The Amistad Translators John Quincy Adams, One of the Four Amistad Translators JQA, Robert Greenhow-the Second Amistad Translator-and the Creation of the 1840 Congressional Sub Committee to Explore the Amistad Translation Matters William B. Hodgson-the Backstage Translator in the Amistad Congressional Saga William Jay, Esq., the Fourth Amistad Translator 4. The Recruitment The Amistad Recruitment Strategies Wanted-a Court Interpreter for the Amistad Case and List of Requirements The "Simple Truth": Many Were Called; Few Were Chosen. Interpreters Found! "Covey and Pratt of Brig Buzzard." 5. The Transatlantic Interpreters in the Amistad Case How They Shaped History and How History Shaped Them James K. Covey: The Final Court Interpreter of the Amistad Case Antonio Ferrer a.k.a. "Antonio, the cabin boy" John Ferry, the First African Interpreter in the Amistad Case Sign Language Interpreting in the Amistad Case 6. The Amistad Hearings September 19th, 1839-The 2nd Court Hearing Interpreter's Depositions Support Cultural and Language Identification The Postponement of the November 19th, 1839 Trial: James Covey at Fault Prelude to the November Trial: Knives' Smugglers and Interpreters for Liberation 7. The "Amistad" Trial from January 7th to January 11th of 1840 January 7th, 1840. First Day of Trial: Language at Trial. January 8th, 1840. Second Day of Trial: The Interpreter at Trial January 9th, 1840. Third Day of Trial Conclusion Bibliography Index
List of Definitions List of Figures The Names of the Amistad Interpreters and Translators Preface Foreword by William G. Thomas III Introduction 1. Like Water for Chocolate: The Colonial and Enslaving Background of the Amistad Case Transatlantic and Transnational Trade: The Backdrop of the Amistad Case The Amistad Christian Abolitionists-Some Friends in the Midst of an Unfriendly Environment Court Interpreting in the Nineteenth Century in Spain, Colonized Territories, and the USA 2. Translated Racial and Ethnic Issues in the Amistad Case Introduction: How They Mattered On the Evidentiary Documents: The Licencias Translation Issues from Connecticut to Congress, from the Judicial to the Executive Branch Translating Slavery and Liberation via the Amistad Missives 3. The Amistad Translators John Quincy Adams, One of the Four Amistad Translators JQA, Robert Greenhow-the Second Amistad Translator-and the Creation of the 1840 Congressional Sub Committee to Explore the Amistad Translation Matters William B. Hodgson-the Backstage Translator in the Amistad Congressional Saga William Jay, Esq., the Fourth Amistad Translator 4. The Recruitment The Amistad Recruitment Strategies Wanted-a Court Interpreter for the Amistad Case and List of Requirements The "Simple Truth": Many Were Called; Few Were Chosen. Interpreters Found! "Covey and Pratt of Brig Buzzard." 5. The Transatlantic Interpreters in the Amistad Case How They Shaped History and How History Shaped Them James K. Covey: The Final Court Interpreter of the Amistad Case Antonio Ferrer a.k.a. "Antonio, the cabin boy" John Ferry, the First African Interpreter in the Amistad Case Sign Language Interpreting in the Amistad Case 6. The Amistad Hearings September 19th, 1839-The 2nd Court Hearing Interpreter's Depositions Support Cultural and Language Identification The Postponement of the November 19th, 1839 Trial: James Covey at Fault Prelude to the November Trial: Knives' Smugglers and Interpreters for Liberation 7. The "Amistad" Trial from January 7th to January 11th of 1840 January 7th, 1840. First Day of Trial: Language at Trial. January 8th, 1840. Second Day of Trial: The Interpreter at Trial January 9th, 1840. Third Day of Trial Conclusion Bibliography Index
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