Interpretation Note-taking.pptVIP

Interpretation Note-taking The sooner, the better? Facts about notes… Facts about notes… Facts about notes… Two Levels Micro-level words expressions ideas Macro-level structure framework Speech Notes A group of ideas In certain order Original speech Visual representation Your analysis of ST speech Your notes Facts about notes… Effort Model by Daniel Gile Phase I: Input CI (1) = L + M + N + C Phase II: Output CI (2) = Rem + Read + P Automatization Automatizing an activity means repeatedly using a consistent system for the completion of a task so that it requires less intellectual effort (becomes automatic), thus leaving time and capacity for other tasks. Learning automatization is also called internalization. How to automatize/internalize? NOT from an intellectual understanding of how to complete a task BUT from repeated practice Until it is completed correctly WITHOUT thinking Development Applicable to other languages Application - Conference interpreting was born in Europe - With much literature written there Historical reason Indo-European language family Roots Objective of Notes Equipment Reporter’s notepad 10*15 cm Big enough for clear notes, small enough to carry ard Spiral bound from the top Firm sheet of card as the back page Plain pages, or with lines as faint as possible Write on one side of the page only Biro 原子笔 Write quickly, smoothly, clearly and quietly. Several spares The ink must be clearly visible on the page. Speech Analysis Four Types of Speech By Jones in Conference Interpreting Explained 1 Logical argument: “for” and “against” 2 Logical one-sided argument leading to some conclusion 3 Narrative speech 4 Descriptive speech Note the ideas not the words! Parts of the message Who did what to whom Ideas Underlying meaning More important than the actual words Concepts What is an idea? How do we say, “who does what to whom”? The sentence. What are the basic units of a sentence? The Subject, the Verb and the Object. (SVO)