Minds between languages

Stress in interpreting

Dr. Adolfo García Season 1 Episode 30

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Hello and welcome to this new edition of Minds between Languages! Our guest today is assoc. prof. Pawel Korpał and we discuss stress in interpreting. 

Suggested readings

Korpal, P., Jankowiak, K., & Kaczmarek, Ł. D. (2025). Emotional content affects interpreters: Insights from psychophysiological, behavioral, and self-report measures. Interpreting (online first). https://doi.org/10.1075/intp.00125.kor

Korpal, P., & Mellinger, C. D. (2022). Self-care strategies of professional community interpreters: An interview-based study. Translation, Cognition & Behavior, 5(2), 275–299. https://doi.org/10.1075/tcb.00069.kor

Korpal, P. (2021). Stress experienced by Polish sworn translators and interpreters. Perspectives: Studies in Translation Theory and Practice, 29(4), 554–571. https://doi.org/10.1080/0907676X.2021.1889004

Further resources

https://anglistyka.amu.edu.pl/pracownicy/pawel-korpal

Funding information

The studies on affective language processing were funded by the National Science Centre, Poland (grant number 2020/39/D/HS2/ 00326; PI: Paweł Korpal).

The study on self-care in community interpreting was conducted as part of Paweł Korpal’s Fulbright scholarship (Fulbright Senior Award) at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, in collaboration with Dr. Christopher Mellinger.

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