Research Group MIRAS (Mediation and Interpreting: Research in the Social Field)

Research output

Research output per year 2000 2012 2013 2022 2024

• 678 Citations
• 10 h-index
• 66 Article
• 44 Chapter
• 15 Other contribution
• 12 Book
• 20 More
  • 7 Literature review
  • 5 Commissioned report
  • 2 Review article
  • 2 Digital or Visual Products
  • 2 Translation
  • 1 Software
  • 1 Working paper

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2024

  A didactic sequence to help legal translation trainees develop strategic and intercultural competence : macro-level textual consequences of micro-level decisions when dealing with legal culture-bound terms

  Orozco-Jutorán, M., 6 May 2024, In: The Interpreter and Translator Trainer. 18, 2, p. 250-270 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Macro Level 100%
  • Cultural Competency 100%
  • Didactic Sequence 100%
  • Legal Culture 100%
  • Legal Translation 100%

• Didactic and assessment materials for court interpreting training: action research

  Orozco Jutorán, M., 22 Jan 2024, In: Hermeneus. Revista de Traducción e Interpretación. 25, 25, p. 277-314 38 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Action Research 100%
  • Interpreting Training 100%
  • Court Interpreting 100%
  • Didactic Material 100%
  • Assessment Materials 100%

• The Potential Impact of Intralingual Translation of Persian Everyday Legal Texts on Average Citizens

  Dehghanzadeh, M. & Orozco-Jutorán, M., 18 Jun 2024, In: Perspectives: Studies in Translation Theory and Practice. 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Legal Texts 100%
  • Potential Impact 100%
  • Persian 100%
  • Intralingual Translation 100%
  • Reading Time 100%
• 2023

  La evaluación de la calidad de la interpretación judicial entre el chino y el español en los procesos penales: propuesta de categorías específicas para esta combinación

  Chi, H., Vargas-Urpí, M. & Bestué, C., 2023, In: Hikma. 22, 2, p. 181-205

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  1 Downloads (Pure)

• Los menores de origen inmigrante en la intermediación lingüística: visibilización de un fenómeno social

  Bestué, C., Gil Bardaji, A. & Arumi Ribas, M., Jun 2023, In: Lengua y Migracion. 15, 1, p. 55-77 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

• The impact of intralingual translation in every-day legal texts in Iran

  Orozco-Jutorán, M. & Dehghanzadeh., M., 2023, (Accepted in press) In: Perspectives: Studies in Translatology.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
• 2022

  «Неславянская» Книга Еноха Праведного – вечная загадка?

  Navtanovich , L., 2022, In: Scripta & e-Scripta. 22, p. 179-204 26 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

• Child language brokering and multilingualism in Catalonia: language use and attitudes in a bilingual region

  Rubio-Carbonero, G., Vargas-Urpí, M. & Raigal-Aran, J., 2022, In: Language and Intercultural Communication. 22, 4, p. 455-472 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Catalonia 100%
  • Bilingual 100%
  • Child Language Brokering 100%
  • Multilingualism 100%
  • Language Use 100%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Expanding professional borders public service interpreting and the challenges of the new millenimum

  Gil-Bardaji, A., Ribas, M. A., Vargas-Urpí, M., Orozco-Jutorán, M., Bestué, C. & Infante, B. R. D., 2022, In: DDD UAB.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research

  Open Access

  • Public Service Interpreting 100%
  • Public Utilities 100%
  • Public Service 100%
  • Spain 33%
  • Public Services 33%

• Is There Indeed a Coptic 2 Enoch?

  Navtanovich, L., 12 Dec 2022, In: Scrinium.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Narratives of the Process: Parliamentary debates about Catalonia's referendum of 2017

  Franco-Guillén, N. & Rubio-Carbonero, G., 13 Jul 2022, In: Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism. 25 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  • Catalonia 100%
  • Referendum 100%
  • Parliamentary Debates 100%
  • Catalan 100%
  • Parliamentary Debate 100%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Reflecting on past language brokering experiences: how they affected children’s and teenagers’ emotions and relationships

  Arumí, M. & Rubio-Carbonero, G., 24 May 2022, In: Multilingua. 0, 0, 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• “Obscure Places” in 2 Enoch: What Can They Tell Us about Its Provenance?

  Navtanovich, L., 12 Dec 2022, In: Scrinium.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
• 2021

  Communication in Persons with Acquired Speech Impairment: The Role of Family as Language Brokers

  Rubio-Carbonero, G., 14 Nov 2021, In: Journal of Linguistic Anthropology. 32, 1, p. 161-181 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Family Roles 100%
  • Language Broker 100%
  • Speech Impairment 100%
  • Broker 100%
  • Speech Disorder 100%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Estudio comparativo de las prestaciones árabe-español / catalán y chino-español / catalán en dos corpus de simulaciones de ISP

  Translated title of the contribution: Comparative study between Arabic-Spanish / Catalan and Chinese-Spanish / Catalan renditions in two corpora of PSI roleplaysGil-Bardaji, A. & Vargas-Urpí, M., 1 Feb 2021, In: Hermeneus. 22, 22, p. 183-220 38 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Catalan 100%
  • Chinese 100%
  • Spanish 100%
  • Comparative Study 100%
  • Role-play 100%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Framing the societal value of community interpreting

  Garcia-Beyaert, S., 2021, In: QScience Connect. 2021, 3-Tenth International Translation Conference, p. 6 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

• Online Chinese Learning : A Case Study of the Use of YouTube Instructional Videos

  Vargas-Urpi, M. & Xu, Y., 2021, In: Chinese Language Teaching Methodology and Technology. 4, 2

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • YouTube 100%
  • Online Chinese Teaching 100%
  • Instructional Video 100%
  • Chinese 100%
  • Case Study 100%

• When in parliamentary debate there is no debate Argumentation strategies during Catalonia's 2017 referendum

  Rubio-Carbonero, G. & Franco-Guillen, N., 18 Oct 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Language and Politics. 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  • Catalonia 100%
  • Referendum 100%
  • Parliamentary Debates 100%
  • Argumentation Strategies 100%
  • Argumentation 100%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• “I Counted Sun’s Faces” in the Short Recension of 2 Enoch

  Navtanovich, L., 16 Aug 2021, In: Scrinium.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
  1 Citation (Scopus)
• 2020

  Ethics, accuracy, and interpreting in social settings: Assessing a non-professional interpreter profile

  Gil-Bardají, A., 5 Jun 2020, In: Translation and Interpreting Studies. 15, 1, p. 132-152 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  • Ethics 100%
  • Social Settings 100%
  • Interpreter 100%
  • Cultural Mediators 100%
  • Non-professional Interpreters 100%
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• How command of theoretical concepts contributes to the professional development of future interpreters

  Arumi Ribas, M., 2020, In: Interpreters Newsletter. 25, p. 60 89 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Investigar la traducción de productos culturales chinos : retos y dificultades metodológicas en la creación de bases de datos sobre cine y literatura

  Casas Tost, H., Rovira-Esteva, S. & Vargas Urpi, M., 30 Jun 2020, In: Clina: an Interdisciplinary Journal of Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Communication. 6, 1, p. 17-36 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

• Subtle discriminatory political discourse on immigration

  Rubio-Carbonero, G., 19 Oct 2020, In: Journal of Language and Politics. 19, 6, p. 894-915 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  • Political Discourse 100%
  • Discrimination 40%
  • Social Psychology 20%
  • Political Sociology 20%
  • Political Analysis 20%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Translators as publishers : exploring the motivations for non-profit literary translation in a digital initiative

  Marín Lacarta, M. & Vargas-Urpi, M., 2020, In: Meta (Montréal). 65, 2, p. 0459-478 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Digital 100%
  • Initiative 100%
  • Literary translation 100%
  • Non-Profit 100%
  • Motivation 100%
  1 Citation (Scopus)
• 2019

  From the trial to the transcription: listening problems related to thematic knowledge. Some implications for the didactics of Court Interpreting Studies

  Bestué, C., 1 Jan 2019, In: Fachsprache. Journal of Professional and Scientitfic Communication. p. -

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research

• Looking-glass game or the semiotics of Otherness in Andalucía contra Berbería by Emilio Grarcía-Gómez

  Gil-Bardají, A., 1 Jan 2019, In: Babel. 65, 3, p. 374-398 25 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Al-Andalus 100%
  • Semiotics 100%
  • Otherness 100%
  • Looking Glass 100%
  • Discourse 100%
• 2018

  Annotation of interpreters' conversation management problems and strategies in a corpus of criminal proceedings in Spain: The case of non-renditions

  Arumí Ribas, M. & Vargas-Urpi, M., 1 Jan 2018, In: Translation and Interpreting Studies. 13, 3, p. 421-441

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Spain 100%
  • Management Strategy 100%
  • Management Challenges 100%
  • Interpreter 100%
  • Criminal Proceedings 100%
  22 Citations (Scopus)

• La interpretación dialógica como práctica estratégica. Análisis de la toma de decisiones de cinco intérpretes en los Servicios Públicos

  Arumí, M., 1 Jan 2018, In: Meta. Journal des Traducteurs.. 63, 1, p. 117-133

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Slavonic Apocrypha: The Main Problems with Their Textual History (a Philological Perspective)

  Navtanovich, L., 1 Jan 2018, In: Scrinium. 14, 1, p. 318-327

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research

  • Slavonic Apocrypha 100%
  • Textual History 100%
  • Apocrypha 100%
  • Main Problem 100%
  • Copyright 33%
  1 Citation (Scopus)
• 2017

  Efficient search for equivalents at your fingertips - The specialized translator's dream

  Orozco-Jutorán, M., 1 Apr 2017, In: Meta (Montréal). 62, 1, p. 137-154 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • End users 100%
  • Corpus 100%
  • English-Spanish 100%
  • Legal translation 100%
  • Spanish translation 100%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Monitoring discriminatory political discourse on immigration: A pilot study in Catalonia

  Rubio-Carbonero, G. & Zapata-Barrero, R., 1 Jan 2017, In: Discourse & Society. 28, 02, p. 204-225

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research

  10 Citations (Scopus)

• Practices in Intercultural Mediation / Practices in Intercultural Mediation / Practices in Intercultural Mediation

  Translated title of the contribution: Practices in Intercultural MediationArumí Ribas, M. & Toledano, C., 1 Jan 2017, In: Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses. 75, 1, p. 2-15

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research

• Public Concern, Public Policy and PSI: The Public Dimension of Language Interpreting

  Garcia-Beyaert, S., 2017, In: Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses. 75

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  • Public Policy 100%
  • Public Concern 100%
  • Matter of Public Concern 100%
  • Language Interpreting 100%
  • Government Policy 100%

• Strategies in public service interpreting. A roleplay study of Chinese-Spanish/Catalan interactions

  Arumí Ribas, M. & Vargas-Urpi, M., 2017, In: Interpreting. 19, 1, p. 118-141 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Catalan 100%
  • Public Service Interpreting 100%
  • Role-play 100%
  • Public Utilities 100%
  • Chinese 100%
  14 Citations (Scopus)

• The fuzzy boundary between the roles of interpreter and mediator in the public services in Catalonia: Analysis of interviews and interpreter-mediated interactions in the health and educational context

  Ribas, M. A., 1 Dec 2017, In: Across Languages and Cultures. 18, 2, p. 195-218

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  • Catalonia 100%
  • Public Services 100%
  • Educational Context 100%
  • Interpreter 100%
  • Health Context 100%
  12 Citations (Scopus)
• 2016

  Online training in legal translation: Designing curricula for bilingual students

  Bestué, C. & Orozco-Jutorán, M., 1 Jan 2016, In: Babel. 62, 3, p. 470-494 25 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Online Training 100%
  • Legal Translation 100%
  • Bilingual Students 100%
  • Didactic Material 100%
  • Online 100%
  4 Citations (Scopus)
• 2015

  La traducció de les llicències d'ús

  Orozco-Jutorán, M., 2015, In: UAB Divulga.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Dissemination

  Open Access

• Translating End-User License Agreements from English into Spanish

  Bestué, C. & Orozco-Jutorán, M., 22 Mar 2015, In: Journal of open access to law. 3, 1, p. - 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research

  Open Access
• 2014

  Actitudes y percepciones del colectivo chino en cuanto a la comunicación en los servicios públicos : ejemplos del contexto catalán

  Translated title of the contribution: Chinese immigrants' attitudes and perceptions towards communication in public services :: examples from the Catalan contextVargas-Urpi, M., 2014, In: Lengua y Migracion. 6, 1, p. 0005-41 37 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Catalan 100%
  • Public Services 100%
  • Chinese Immigrants 100%
  • Immigrant Attitudes 100%
  • Public Utilities 100%

• Estrategias de interpretación en los servicios públicos en el ámbito educativo: estudio de caso en la combinación chino-catalán

  Translated title of the contribution: Estrategias de interpretación en los servicios públicos en el ámbito educativo: estudio de caso en la combinación chino-catalánVargas-Urpí, M. & Arumi Ribas, M., 1 Jan 2014, In: Intralinea online transl. j. (Dip. Studi Interdisciplinari Traduzione Lingue Culture). 16, p. x-x

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research

  Open Access
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Ongoingly redesigning metacognitive questionnaires helping trainees to self-evaluate their translating

  Arumi Ribas, M., 2014, In: Babel. 60, 3, p. 371-396

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Sobre la necesidad de investigar la evaluación en el aula de interpretación: ejemplo de un estudio de caso

  Arumi Ribas, M., 2014, In: Cuadernos de ALDEEU. 15, p. 191-215

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
• 2013

  El papel de las entidades contratantes en la interpretación en los servicios públicos: ejemplos del contexto catalán

  Translated title of the contribution: Employers' role in public service interpreting: examples from the Catalan contextVargas-Urpi, M., 1 Jan 2013, In: Sendebar. 15, 24, p. 43-72

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Catalan 100%
  • Public Utilities 100%
  • Discourse Analysis 100%
  • Role and Function 100%
  • In-Depth Interview 100%

• ISP y/o mediación intercultural: la realidad de los profesionales que trabajan en el contexto catalán

  Vargas-Urpi, M., 1 Jan 2013, In: Cuadernos de ALDEEU. 25, p. 131-164

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research

  Open Access
• 2012

  Barreras lingüisticas en los servicios públicos en Cataluña: la percepción de los trabajadores

  Translated title of the contribution: Language barriers in public services in Catalonia: the providers' perceptionBestué, C., García-Beyaert, S. & De Infante, B. R., 1 Jan 2012, In: Sendebar. 23, p. 37-59 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  • Catalonia 100%
  • Public Services 100%
  • Language Barriers 100%
  • Provider Perceptions 100%
  • Public Utilities 100%
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Els continguts jurídics del web d'acollida de la Generalitat de Catalunya: estudi comparatiu de les versions catalana, castellana, anglesa i xinesa

  Translated title of the contribution: Els continguts jurídics del web d'acollida de la Generalitat de Catalunya: estudi comparatiu de les versions catalana, castellana, anglesa i xinesaVargas Urpi, M., 1 Jan 2012, In: Rev. Lleng. Dret. (Print). 57, p. 71-94

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research

  Open Access

• Problems and Strategies in Consecutive Interpreting: A Pilot Studdy at Two Different Stages of Interpreter Training

  Arumi Ribas, M., 2012, In: Meta : Journal des traducteurs / Meta: Translators' Journal. 57, 3, p. 118-137

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

• State of the art in community interpreting research: Mapping the main research topics

  Vargas Urpi, M., 1 Jan 2012, In: Babel. 58, 1, p. 50-72 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Interpreting Studies 100%
  • Research Mapping 100%
  • Community Interpreting 100%
  • Community interpreting 100%
  • Motivation 20%
  22 Citations (Scopus)
• 2011

  Representación social de la inmigración en el discurso del Partido Popular

  Rubio Carbonero, G., 2011, In: Cultura, Lenguaje y Representación.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• The interdisciplinary approach in community interpreting research

  Vargas-Urpi, M., 11 Nov 2011, In: New Voices in Translation Studies. 7, 1, p. 47-64

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Interpreting Studies 100%
  • Community Interpreting 100%
  • Interdisciplinary Approach 100%
  • Community interpreting 100%
  • Close Relationship 100%
  6 Citations (Scopus)