翻译理论与实践 Lecture 5 Note taking.ppt

Note taking The powerful assistance of STM Agenda Why should we take note? Pretest: how well is your note taking ability? What notes should be taken? How should we take note? Exercise: Note taking and retelling Exercise: Note taking and iterpreting Why should we take note? The main use of notes is to relieve memory. In some cases, you have to take note, otherwise, … Video clip: Wen Jiabo at the News Conference of the Congress 2003 Pretest Listen to a piece of Chinese information and retell the gist of it with the aid of note-taking Show some of your note-takings. Compare and comment 中国双边贸易情况简介 What’s your answer to the following questions? Did you concentrate your mind on comprehending what the speaker said or on note taking? Did you capture the main points and all the sub-point? Did you organize your notes into some sort of logical format? Did you write down only the major points and important information? 5. Did you use complete sentences or just key words and symbols? 6. Did you use abbreviations and short forms? 7. Are your notes clear or confusing? 8. Is the size of your notebook suitable for you to write while you are standing? Note-taking Is it possible to take down everything? an average speaker speaks at approximately to words per minute. An average note-taker writes at a rate of to words per minute. Is it necessary to take down everything? Interpreters’ main tasks: to understand, analysis and re-express. Notes are an aid to enhance the work done on the basis of these three components Notes are not an end in themselves, but a means to an end. What to note? main ideas links between the different ideas numbers, names, lists, etc How to take note? Use Abbreviations and Symbols 《英语口译实战技巧与训练》P15-38 Guidelines for Note-Taking Concentrate Take notes selectively. DO NOT try to write down every word. Be brief. Write legibly. Notes are useless if you cannot read them later! Organize notes into some sort of