THE JOB MARKET OF SIGN LANGUAGE AND PORTUGUESE TRANSLATORS AND INTERPRETERS: A REVIEW OF RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Abstract

This article presents a systematic review that identified Brazilian articles, dissertations, and theses that had as their main theme: the labor market of translators and/or interpreters of Libras-Portuguese. The research adopts a quanti-qualitative approach and the data were analyzed based on the Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyis (PRISMA) method. The search was conducted using the descriptors “Libras translator”, “Libras translation”, “Libras interpreter” and “Libras interpretation” in four search platforms: Capes, Scielo, Bitra and BDTD. After the adoption of all exclusion criteria, nine papers were selected that address the investigated theme, however, in a tangential and non-specific way. The analysis was performed according to the following criteria: recurrent theme, year of publication, and geographic region of the study. The results indicate the predominance of three themes: career consolidation trajectory, professional profile, and attributions and working conditions. They also indicate that in 2015 there is the largest number of publications and that the studies are concentrated predominantly in the South and Southeast regions. It was concluded that there is a gap in the approach to the theme, which needs to be filled in favor of a better knowledge of the labor market and directions in favor of the training of such professionals.

Keywords
Labor Market; Interpreting; Translation; Libras