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Community Translation (Public Service Translation):

‘Community Translation’ (also referred to as Public Service Translation) is defined by Helge Niska (2002: 135) as ‘written translation of mainly informative texts, addressed by authorities or institutions to people who do not understand texts in the language of the text producer’. A more comprehensive definition is provided by Taibi (2013) in the call for papers for the the First International Conference on Community Translation (11-13 September 2014): "‘Community translation’ ... refers to translation of different types of texts intended to facilitate communication between public services and people who do not have a good command of mainstream language(s). These texts may be produced by national or local authorities, non-governmental organisations, ethnic community organisations or leaders, neighbourhood associations, or any other social agent.  They may include information leaflets, brochures, local newspapers, radio programs and websites among other genres and formats. The common denominator is that they are texts that need to be translated into minority languages in order to ensure communication with all citizens and residents and empower minority language speakers by giving them access to information and enabling them to participate in society."

References:

Niska, Helge (2002). ‘Community Interpreter Training: past, present, future’, in G. Garzone, and M. Viezzi (eds), Interpreting in the 21st Century: Challenges and opportunities. Amsterdam & Philadelphia, John Benjamins Publishing Company: 133-144.

Taibi, Mustapha (2011). “Public Service Translation”, in Malmkjaer, Kirsten and Windle, Kevin (eds). The Oxford Handbook of Translation Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 214-227.

--Taibi-Taibi (talk) 00:43, 25 January 2014 (UTC)