也谈接续传译-CivilServiceBureau.PDF

第六期 二零零一年八月 法 定 語 文 事 務 署 通 訊 也談接續傳譯 傳譯是兩種語言的轉化，牽涉的卻往往不只是語言因素。即時傳譯也好，接續傳譯也好，要求頃刻 之間耳到、心到、口到，不容巧思細量，考驗的已不僅是語言工夫。《文訊》連續三期刊載談論傳譯的文 章，希望可以讓讀者對傳譯工作多一點認識，對即時傳譯與接續傳譯的異同多幾分了解。 If asked what types of interpretation (or oral But in providing services, both types of translation) services are available in Hong Kong, one interpreters are required to possess a high level of would probably come up with the answer linguistic proficiency and a wide range of knowledge. ‘simultaneous interpretation’. However, people who They should also be capable of chopping the have used our Chinese Language Officers' utterances into sensible groups or logical components, interpretation service at meetings, hearings, subordinating the ‘parts’ to the ‘whole’ without losing presentation ceremonies or field trips would invariably the speaker's thread of thought, and producing the add ‘consecutive interpretation’. best transference and delivery that are marked by the How does a consecutive interpreter deliver his dialectical unity of accuracy and smoothness. And all this has to be done in seconds! service? Is there any difference between simultaneous interpretation and consecutive interpretation? Chinese Language Officers and Interpreters A consecutive interpreter translates when the (Simultaneous Interpretation) of the Official speaker pauses. The speaker and the consecutive Languages Agency are responsible for providing interpreter take turns to speak, and there is no consecutive