Interpreting for the Media in the Czech Republic

This master's thesis describes media interpreting in the public service media in the Czech Republic - in both Czech Television and Czech Radio. The theoretical part presents media interpreting as a distinctive part of interpreting research, including the type of media interpreting, the role of the interpreter, the question of stress or quality of media interpreting and media interpreting in various countries. It also looks at the history and public service of Czech Television and Czech Radio and in particular programmes in these media. The second part of the thesis maps interpreted programmes and types of interpreting in the public service media in the Czech Republic and the working conditions of the interpreters. The research is based on semi-structured interviews with seven active media interpreters and on archive materials of Czech Television and Czech Radio. Key words: Czech Republic, Czech Television, Czech Radio, media, interpretin