Uldis Ozolins
University of Western Sydney
28 Papers
188 Citations
Uldis Ozolins is an academic researcher from University of Western Sydney. The author has contributed to research in topics: Language policy & Interpreter. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 27 publications. Previous affiliations of Uldis Ozolins include La Trobe University & Monash University.
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Papers
Factors that determine the provision of Public Service Interpreting: comparative perspectives on government motivation and language service implementation
Uldis Ozolins
- 01 Jan 2010
TL;DR: In this article, a comparative examination of language service policy, as various countries struggle to meet multilingual communication needs, is carried out to understand differences in such outcomes as provision of interpreter training, certification, allocation of resources and reach of language services, and specific motivations for government interpreting policy are examined to see how governments can be persuaded to take initiatives to develop language services.
Language Politics and Practices in the Baltic States
TL;DR: The authors provides an overview of the language situation in the three Baltic countries: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, examining the recent change in language regimes that the Baltic States have deliberately brought about since the restitution of their independence, the nature of these changes, the opposition they have engendered and the linguistic, political and social consequences of these policies, both locally and internationally.
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The critical link 5 : quality in interpreting : a shared responsibility
Sandra Beatriz Hale,Uldis Ozolins,Ludmila Stern +2 more
- 10 Dec 2009
TL;DR: This chapter discusses quality in interpreting in the context of healthcare interpreter training, which involves working with norms through recorded interaction and the challenges of court interpreting in Basque.
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The Impact of European Accession upon Language Policy in the Baltic States
TL;DR: The authors examines the specific sociolinguistic situation in the Baltic including the often unrecognized attitudes of the Russian-speaking minorities and points to an evolving critique of the minority-rights based approach of European institutions.
Descriptions of interpreting and their ethical consequences
Uldis Ozolins
- 02 Apr 2014
TL;DR: In this paper, the ethical implications of different descriptions of interpreting are categorised to show that ethical responsibility in interpreting situations rests not with the interpreters alone, but with other players, particularly institutional players, in contracting language services.