Unit 3 - Practice 4 - CI/SI Quiz

...someone who interprets for someone in another language while the speaker speaks without interruption.

• simultaneous interpreter

• consecutive interpreter

• sight translator

• translator

...someone who awaits his turn and does not start speaking until the speaker allows him the time to do so.

• simultaneous interpreter

• consecutive interpreter

• sight translator

• translator

It is one of the most common kinds of interpreting, but also the most difficult one.

• consecutive interpretation

• whisper interpretation

• sight translation

• simultaneous interpretation

According to the original structure of the sentence that an interpreter has heard, he divides the whole sentence into several parts, and then combines them together with various skills to express the entire meaning.

• Syntactic Linearity

• Adjustment

• Anticipation

• Reformulation

It can help interpreter to reorganize the original information according to the convention of target language.

• Syntactic Linearity

• Adjustment

• Anticipation

• Reformulation

It asks the simultaneous interpreter to simplify the words to explain, induce and generalize the original content without affecting the convey of main information.

• Simplification

• Faithfulness

• Anticipation

• Reformulation

To predict what the speaker would say next with his own language ability, knowledge and experience, which can save a lot of time and energy, thus following the pace of the speaker.

• Simplification

• Faithfulness

• Anticipation

• Reformulation

The interpreter should adjust structure, correct mistakes and add the missing information with the new content he receives.

• Syntactic Linearity

• Adjustment

• Anticipation

• Reformulation

...it is hard to follow it in simultaneous interpreting because interpreters have not enough time to think and deal during interpreting.

• Simplification

• Faithfulness

• Anticipation

• Reformulation

...type of interpreting in which interpreter waits for the speaker to make a pause in their speech, interpret what has been said and then listen to the speaker and wait for them to make a pause again to interpret.