Katrijn Maryns
List of John Benjamins publications in which Katrijn Maryns is involved.
2025 Refugee languages and the right to interpretation: Local language policies of ‘tolerance’ of Belgian asylum lawyers Translation and Interpreting Studies 20:3, pp. 329–351 | Article
This article examines the tensions between the language needs of asylum seekers and how these are addressed in institutional language policy and practice, focusing on the everyday practice of asylum lawyers communicating with their clients, which is characterized by immense linguistic diversity… read more
2014 Orality and authenticity in an interpreter-mediated defendant’s examination: A case study from the Belgian Assize Court Interpreting 16:1, pp. 49–80 | Article
This case study examines how a court’s perception of the defendant’s socio-legal identity may be affected by interpreting. Since this perception relies largely on language, interpreters are expected to minimise their impact on the dynamics of direct communication between primary participants. The… read more
2002 Pretextuality and pretextual gaps: On de/refining linguistic inequality Pragmatics 12:1, pp. 11–30 | Article
Drawing on the rich tradition of investigations into linguistic inequality, this paper seeks to define the phenomenon of pretextual gaps, i.e. socially anchored and often invisible differences between what is expected in communication and what people can bring and deploy in communication.… read more
Language assistance in the Criminal Court: How fair is it to substitute written translation with oral interpreting? Interpreting: Online-First Articles | Article
European Union Directive 2010/64/EU introduces a defendant’s right to receive written translations of documents in criminal proceedings but at the same time it allows Member States to substitute written translations with oral translations or summaries. Through an instrumental case study, this… read more