Enhancement and Facilitation of Translation and Communication with Multilingual Refugees

Аннотация

INTRODUCTION Dutch, and German. Not only the three official Multilingualism refers to the ability of an individual languages are spoken in Brussels, but as well as or a community to speak or use multiple languages. many different languages either due to refuge It can be characterized by the ability to understand, programs or business reasons. Moreover, Brussels read, write, and communicate in more than one is an urban global city and the capital of the language. A multilingual person does not European Union which means many different necessarily mean someone who speaks more than European nationalities gather and meet in one language perfectly. Multilingualism can mean Brussels. having one or more languages rather than the mother tongue “of, having, or expressed in several In this scale research, I will try to present the languages” (Merriam-Webster). Multilingualism is difficulties that refugees or asylum seekers are not a recent or new phenomenon but actually goes facing in the refuge centres in Brussels and how deep in history when many scholars around the could we solve such a problem. In order to whole Europe continent started translating accommodate the needs of the refugees and new different texts in different fields from other arrivals, we need to ease the process of better languages into Latin, especially during the Middle understanding the refugees and find a solution to Ages “Multilingual scholars from different parts of miscommunication. I will focus on the gaps of Europe were responsible for the translation of miscommunication between new arrival asylum Arabic and Greek texts into Latin and the seekers in Brussels and refuge centres’ personnel. transmission of learning in the Middle Ages”( The misunderstanding of the multilingual Cenoz,2013,p.3). In this paper, I will focus on diasporic new arrivals is a very important issue as Brussels the capital city of Belgium as Brussels is it may affect the decision of recognition for the one of the few cities around the world that can be asylum seeker or incorrect medical diagnosis. As an officially regarded as a multilingual city. In asylum seeker, I experienced a lack of Brussels, there are three official languages: French, communication and difficulty explaining my needs https://www.theamericanjournals.com/index.php/tajiir 12 THE USA JOURNALS THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY INNOVATIONS AND RESEARCH (ISSN- 2642-7478) VOLUME 06 ISSUE04 or understanding the refugee camp's instructions. translations, five forms of translator’s decision to In addition to the two reasons mentioned above, depart from the literal wording in favour of a miscommunication generates a gap between the pragmatic translation intended to aid continuation new arrivals and society. Miscommunication or of the conversation” (ibid). misunderstanding may hinder or reduce the Research question integration of new arrivals into the host nation’s society. As Bjorndahl & et al in their study Agreeing Misunderstanding due to language barriers is not enough: The Constructive Role of can have significant effects and leads to Miscommunication mentioned that “forms of miscommunication. In my paper, I will shed the explicit miscommunication are just as critical to limelight on the difficulties that asylum seekers challenge, negotiate and integrate individual face in reading the official documents and contributions in collaborative creative activities. instructions in the refugee centres in Brussels. The (Bjorndahl & et al, 2015, p.1) purpose of this qualitative research is to discover and describe to what extent the facilitation of Literature review communication with asylum seekers is sufficient in Translation plays an important role not only in Brussels’ refugee centres and how we could our current technological world but from back improve this issue. I would question if the asylum deep in human history. Translation helps people to seekers and first arrivals can find better means of communicate and understand each other and translation and interpretation in the refugee exposes cultural exchange. Translation is a camps. I would figure out the problem of significant factor for refugees and new arrivals. miscommunication, misinterpretation, and Translation enables refugees who do not speak the incorrect translation by collecting information language of the country they fled to, to have access from real refugees who experienced living in a to information and services for many issues such as refugee camp. Then I would try to answer this medical purposes. In 1999 Ommeren Van with question by giving suggestions for improving the other fellow co-operators studied the problems of process of better communication with multilingual translations during the interviews of refugees. In new arrivals. the article Preparing Instruments for Transcultural