Studies on Global Remote Interpreting: A PRISMA Systematic Review

Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150038, China

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Abstract

This paper conducted a systematic review of remote interpreting based on PRISMA model. The paper is unfolded with introduction of remote interpreting (RI), which tells its history and future development as well as the methodology, which describes the detailed process of identification, screening and including of altogether 36 articles from core journals using PRISMA. Data was collected from research cases over the period 1996-2022. The finding parts show that current studies of remote interpreting is varied in different areas including health care, education, legal settings, technology, and political settings, whose aims and results are all distinguishing and prominent. In conclusion, it can be seen that remote interpreting, a seemingly new technology, has already experienced its infancy and established its foundation in different fields in our society. However, the study also indicates some limitation found in the current studies – for example, the lack of ethical care of interpreters, the adaptability for interpreters into this burgeoning technology, and a better integration of both humans and technology which are not studied in detail yet. Moreover, the review itself also shows some limitation, due to the fact it’s based on the articles from core journals only, to some degree making it less representative.