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Worksheet time: 7mins
How many types of Interpretation do you know?
Whispered translation.
Consecutive interpretation (CI).
Oral translation.
Simultaneous interpretation (SI).
The features of the consecutive interpreting are:
the interpreter waits until the speaker has finished the SL message before rendering the message into the TL.
occurs in real time
The duration of the SL may be anywhere from a few seconds to several minutes.
Most efficient at meetings and presentations with a large audience
The characteristics of Simultaneous interpreting are:
the interpreter speaks at almost the same time as the words to be interpreted are spoken.
Most effective for large meetings and conferences.
Requires extremely deep concentration, so the interpreters change each 10-30 minutes.
It involves the use of special equipment.
Note-taking is usually used in SI.
The Stages of written TR. are:
Reading the text
Identifying problems/difficulties.
Translating sentence by sentence
Editing of the text
Final review of the text
Choose the best Preparing for TR/interpreting assignments
review the purpose, scope, subject matter, terms and conditions for the TR/ interpreting assignment;
obtain and review assignment
identify and use relevant sources of info. and reference materials and draw on existing knowledge to prepare for the assignment
ask a glossary of terms from the speaker
plan appropriately to create the best conditions for effective TR/ interpreting,
Essential competences required of an interpreter:
linguistically adept
cognitively able to manage several tasks at once
knowledgeable about both cultures and the content of the material
aware of the tools and methods to use in solving the linguistic problems
have interpersonal skills to facilitate natural interaction among the participants
Essential competences required of a translator:
text reception and analysis;
Research competence
Writing skills
Linguistic and cultural competence both on the source and the target side
Competence of TR quality assessment
Identify Units of translation
Phoneme
Morpheme
Word
Song
Sentence
Find out the definition of Speech segmentation
is a method of splitting a document into smaller parts
is the process of identifying the boundaries between words, syllables, or phonemes
Translation theory's concerns
to provide a framework of principles, restricted rules and hints for translating texts and criticising translations;
a background for problem solving.
Translation theory alternates between the smallest detail
When out of context, words, word-combinations, terms may be translated in many languages.
giving insight into the TR process, into the relations between thought and language, culture and speech;
According to Lakoff, in cognitive terms, translation is “a(n) ___ from one language to another language”.
mapping
aligning
scaling
leveling
The image shows an example of ___ translation error.
pragmatic
cultural
linguistic
text specific
The image shows an example of ___ translation error.
pragmatic
linguistic
cultural
text specific
Match the terms used to denote the same phenomenon:
audiovisual language transfer
screen translation
dubbing
multimedia translation
whisper interpreting
