Politesse et \ue9thos dans le d\ue9bat pr\ue9sidentiel Sarkozy-Royal : un d\ue9fi pour les interpr\ue8tes

The paper analyses the simultaneous interpretation from French into Italian of the presidential debate between Nicolas Sarkozy and S\ue9gol\ue8ne Royal held on 2 Mai 2007 for the Italian broadcast SkyTG24. The analysis focuses on ethos and politeness: to what extent have interpreters reproduced in their discourse the ethos and the politeness strategies adopted by the two opponents