%0 Journal Article 
%A Felberg, Tatjana Radanović
%T Crisis communication and linguistic diversity in Norway during the COVID-19 pandemic: Focus on interpreting and translation services

%D 2022
%@ 2341-3778
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10017/52614
%X The COVID-19 pandemic has affected some inhabitants of Norway more than others. Even in the first wave, foreign-born immigrants had more confirmed infections and were hospitalized more frequently than other residents (Indseth et al., 2020). One factor seems to be a lack of information in languages other than Norwegian. Strategic communication of pandemic policies to non-Norwegian speakers has not functioned on an operational  or  a  grassroots  level  (NOU,  2021,  p.  175).  However,  after  some  initial  confusion,  translations  of government  information  become  available  on  a  multitude  of  platforms.  Public  service  employees,  NGOs,  and mediators  were  involved  in  targeted  information  campaigns.  This  article  traces  the  state  of  translation  and interpreting, including availability, accessibility, acceptability, and adaptability, during the first year and a half of the COVID-19pandemic (March 2020 –September 2021) in Norway. Among other issues, the article highlights the importance of making translation and interpreting essential services in future contingency plans.

%K Crisis communication
%K COVID-19
%K Linguistic diversity
%K Comunicación en situación de crisis
%K COVID-19
%K Diversidad lingüística
%K Philology
%K Filología
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