Researching Transcription and Interpreting in Police Contexts

This session will offer participants, both from translation and interpreting and policing and law enforcement, an opportunity to familiarise with research on transcription and interpreting in police contexts and to engage in a discussion of both research and practice. Attention will be paid to both human-led transcription and interpreting and technology-led processes, with the aim of discussing key questions related to emerging technologies, their adoption and deployment in law enforcement settings.

The presentation will be delivered by colleagues from the Forensic Speech Science and Translating and Interpreting groups at the Department of Language and Linguistic Science, University of York. Both groups have a team of experienced researchers who work on issues relating to language evidence within the criminal justice system. The session will be organised around the following four areas:

1. James Tompkinson - Analysing written and spoken data in police settings
2. Lauren Harrington - Using automatic transcription systems and AI technology for police interview data
3. Eloísa Monteoliva-García - Interpreting in investigative interviews
4. Jessica Wormald - Forensic transcription by phonetic experts

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