口译教学资料：Unit 3 Note-taking skills in Interpreting-byhuijuan.pptVIP

Unit 3 Note-taking skills in Interpreting (I) Teaching objectives To inform students of note-taking skills in interpreting. Students are supposed to understand why to notes, how to take notes, characteristics of note-taking in CI, what to note in CI, etc. Fact about Note-taking? to use notes to help remembering, taking notes divert attention and interferes with listening. Notes are highly individualized. What to note? key words logical links Point of view being expressed Tense of the verb Others: Elements that interpreter cannot remember. (e.g.: numbers, proper names and lists of items.) Notes: How to Take Note? Paper Diagno layout: main idea based on Subject+ verb+ object More lines and fewer words in one line End each sentence with # A margin of 2 cm for links between ideas Flexible language Example of Diagno Layout Hungary has complained that its steel export to the European Union are unable to develop because of the excessive use of restrictive tariff quotas. But the Union representatives pointed out that quotas still underused by the Hungary by a large margin. So the tariff quotas themselves didn’t appear to be creating the difficulties. HU: steel EU expts cannot develop Cos tariff quotas too restrictive But: EU understand a lot quotas So quotas not prob Example of left-hand margin Example: Grain export to the US has been unable to develop because the US has imposed high import quotas. Grain expt unable to develop Cos: US imposed high tariffs Verticality of lists Example: Western Turkey has suffered a series of natural catastrophes, violent winter storms, flooding and earthquakes. Noting W. TY suffered catas: win storms floods earthquakes Example: European Turkey, north-east Greece and southern Bulgaria hav