Matakuliah
Tahun
Versi
: G0202/Interpreting
: 2005
: I/0
Session 5
Consecutive interpreting (2)
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Learning outcomes
• Students are able to demonstrate
consecutive interpreting C3
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Outline
The requirements for Consecutive
interpreting
Note taking
Functions
Tips in note taking
Clear Expressions of ideas
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Practical Advice for the Development of
a Note taking System
• In which language should I take notes?
• It is suggested that it be taken in the target
language as it produces a smoother
delivery
• Note taking system are highly
individualized
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Some tips in note taking
• Use a wide variety of target and source
language words, abbreviation and
acronyms as well as non-languagespecific symbols.
• Identify our personal and comfortable
approach
• Use the ones that we are familiar with
• E.g. information = inf. Important = imp.
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Note taking
• Another skill required for note taking is
memory.
• The memory used is a short term memory
(STM)
• Short-term memory simply means that we
retain the for a short period of time.
• STM is very important in interpreting
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Note taking
• "Memory in consecutive interpreting
consists of nothing more than
understanding the meaning, which is
conveyed by the words" (Lin et al.,
1999:9). – Zhong (2005)
• In Consecutive Interpreting, there is
probably up to 15 minutes (depending on
the speaker's segments) for the interpreter
to encode and then store the information.
(Zhong)
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The basic of interpreting is memory
Zhong (2005) believes that interpreting is an
STM (short term memory-centered activity,
which includes encoding of information
from the Source Language, storing of
information, retrieval of information, and
decoding of information into the target
language.
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Conclusion
The requirements for Consecutive
interpreting
Note taking
Functions
Tips for note taking – the best one is the
personalized one
Clear Expressions of ideas
Students should train how to express ideas
clearly in the target language
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