The Work of Libras-Portuguese Interpreters during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Remote Interpretation and Presumed Interlocution

ABSTRACT In this article, we present the results of a research that aimed to analyze the Libras-Portuguese interpreters’ work during the COVID-19 pandemic based on three different speech genres: conference, lecture, and musical lives. To this end, we adopted the simple self-confrontation methodology, developed in the context of the French Activity Clinic, and placed Libras interpreters who worked from these genres face to face with their performances. Based on a theoretical articulation established between Bakhtinian thought and sign language translation and interpretation studies, the analysis undertaken, vertically and horizontally, revealed that the dynamics of the pandemic imposed linguistic, procedural and relational demands and adjustments on interpreters.