This paper explores the perspectives of 29 child language brokers living in the UK who interpret for their family following migration. They were presented with vignette stories depicting a potentially conflictual situation between a language broker, a parent and an adult ‘other’ in a position of power or authority. Drawing on debates about language brokering as a family care practice, the ‘parentified child’ and discussions about non-normative childhoods, the analysis highlights how the role played by the adult ‘other’, coupled with a sometimes-hostile sociocultural context, can exaggerate tensions or facilitate interactions in the parent–child relationship. The young people's views and experiences illuminate how they navigate these complexities.

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儿童语言中介作为一种家庭护理实践：重新定义“亲子化”辩论

本文探讨了居住在英国的 29 名儿童语言经纪人的观点，他们在移民后为其家庭口译。他们收到了一些小故事，描述了语言经纪人、父母和处于权力或权威地位的成年“他者”之间的潜在冲突情况。该分析利用关于语言中介作为一种家庭护理实践、“为人父母的孩子”和关于非规范童年的讨论的辩论，强调了成年人“他者”所扮演的角色，加上有时充满敌意的社会文化背景，如何夸大其词紧张或促进亲子关系中的互动。年轻人的观点和经历阐明了他们如何驾驭这些复杂性。