Évaluation de la modalité d’interprétation à distance de la perspective des interprètes de conférence en Turquie suite à la pandémie de COVID-19

Abstract

With the COVID-19 pandemic, teleworking has become an obligation for the professional world. This has also been the case in the interpreting sector, and professional conference interpreters have had to adopt their modus operandi in line with the “remote” interpreting modality. Remote interpreting, which is practices in a different environment to in situ interpreting, has since had a drastic impact on the working conditions of professional conference interpreters. As a result, professional organisations have drawn up guides to assist them with interpreting assignments carried out remotely at home or in isolated premises dedicated to this modality. The aim of this study is first to identify the new working conditions recommended by the organisations concerned, and the extent to which they are being applied. Indeed, this alteration involves several adaptations at the technical, physical and mental levels. The second aim of the study is to examine how this alteration has affected the physical, cognitive and organisational ergonomics of professionals in the trade, from their point of view. In order to find answers, they were presented with an online questionnaire consisting mainly of three parts ; data on the interpreter's profile, the application of recommendations and ergonomic feelings were sought. The results obtained were then classified and evaluated under the fields of ergonomics mentioned above. In conclusion, potential avenues for the evolution of working conditions for this new modality are proposed, where appropriate, and fields of research requiring more indepth study are identified according to the issues at hand. In this respect, the application of working conditions and their impact on the ergonomics of professional interpreters will be analysed in conjunction with the database obtained, in order to pinpoint the case of Turkey more precisely. This study should also serve as a reference for other academic studies in this field.