Simultaneous interpretation and the recall of source-language sentences

Abstract The paper introduces a corpus of simultaneous interpretation, SIREN. SIREN is a parallel aligned bidirectional corpus of original and simultaneously interpreted speech in Russian and English. At the moment the corpus contains 235,040 words and is enriched with POS and shallow syntactic annotation. After outlining the corpus design, I used scores for lexical variety, density and POS proportionalities to make tentative claims about the linguistic variation between originals and interpretations. Low lexical variety and density are taken as indicators of simplification, while a higher ratio of nominal to pronominal reference is seen as an indicator of explicitation. Atypical wordclass distribution indicates the source language shining through. Somewhat contradictory results, with the Russian subcorpus conforming to the predictions of translation theory and the English subcorpus exhibiting the opposite trend in all universals but still shining through, invites further investigation of the data and once again puts into question unequivocal claims about T-universals.

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Listeners’ perception of the quality of simultaneous interpreting and perceived dependence on simultaneous interpreting

Interpreting ◽

10.1075/intp.00070.che ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Andrew K. F. Cheung

Keyword(s):

Online Learning ◽

Hong Kong ◽

The Other ◽

Simultaneous Interpretation ◽

Simultaneous Interpreting ◽

Source Language ◽

Hong Kong Cantonese ◽

Negative Feelings ◽

English Group

Abstract With the rise of the use of English as a lingua franca (ELF), the number of conference speakers and attendees who use English is increasing. Simultaneous interpreting (SI) into and from English may be provided at conferences to meet the needs of individuals with differing levels of English ability. This paper reports on the findings obtained from two sets of experiments that explored the link between listeners’ perceived dependence on SI and their perceptions of its quality. The first set of experiments was conducted onsite and the second using a remote simultaneous interpreting (RSI) setting. Native Hong Kong Cantonese-speaking participants were divided into two groups: one with Russian as the source language (SL) (Russian group) and the other with English as the SL (English group). Both groups listened to the same prerecorded simultaneous interpretation into Cantonese performed by a non-native interpreter. In the onsite setting, the Russian group perceived the non-native-accented interpretation more favorably than the English group did. This suggests that in onsite settings, perceived dependence on SI may be associated with perceptions of its quality; the greater the perceived dependence on SI, the higher the perceived SI quality. However, no significant differences were found between the two groups in the RSI setting. Factors such as the inaudible SL in the background, similar levels of perceived dependence, negative feelings about online learning and tensions in the state-society relationship may contribute to the similar quality perception ratings across the two RSI groups.

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Studying Style in Simultaneous Interpretation

Meta Journal des traducteurs ◽

10.7202/004626ar ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 45 (3) ◽

pp. 520-547 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Sane M. Yagi

Keyword(s):

Quantitative Analysis ◽

Graphic Representation ◽

Simultaneous Interpretation ◽

Source Language ◽

Monitoring Instrument ◽

Language Discourse ◽

Adaptive Monitoring ◽

Convergence And Divergence ◽

Language Input

Abstract Several tools are developed to facilitate the quantitative analysis of interpretation style, a matter that has hitherto been discussed only in vague terms. These tools can allow the investigation of questions such as: How does an interpreter divide up a source language input, to what extent does he mirror a source language speaker, and to what degree does he practise reformulation? Furthermore, an adaptive monitoring instrument is devised to facilitate the graphic representation of the linear developments of a source language discourse and its simultaneous interpretation equivalent. Not only does it allow the assessment of convergence and divergence between the two discourses, but this also permits commenting on an interpreter's tempo by characterising the narrow and broad periodicity within his discourse, and on his composure and tribulation by describing his consistency and fluency in the discourse.

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Source language-related erroneous stress placement in the target language output of simultaneous interpreters

Interpreting ◽

10.1075/intp.16.1.03bak ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 34-48 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Mária Bakti ◽

Judit Bóna

Keyword(s):

Target Language ◽

Simultaneous Interpretation ◽

Simultaneous Interpreting ◽

Source Language ◽

Speech Characteristics ◽

Close Proximity ◽

Language Context ◽

Language Output ◽

Semantic Correspondence ◽

Stress Placement

Erroneous stress placement (ESP) in the target language is one of the salient suprasegmental features of simultaneously interpreted texts. This paper investigates the phenomenon in simultaneous interpretation from English, a free stress language, into Hungarian, a fixed stress language, the aim being to ascertain whether ESPs are related to source language features. Analysis of an experimental corpus collected for an earlier study (Bóna & Bakti 2009) made it possible to identify 122 ESPs, divided into two categories: (a) related to source language features; (b) others. These categories were further divided into several subcategories. Thus, (a) included ESPs related to: (i) source language stress, with semantic correspondence between the source language and target language units concerned; (ii) source language stress, but with no semantic correspondence between the target language unit and the prosodically similar source language unit identified in relatively close proximity to it. For (b), the subcategories distinguished between ESPs related to: (iii) the phonetic target language context; (iv) translation problems; (v) individual speech characteristics. Our results provide support for the view that metrical planning and segmental planning are separate processes. Thus, successful inhibition of source language interference on the segmental level during simultaneous interpreting is not necessarily associated with suppression of suprasegmental level source language interference.

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Die Bedeutung der Redekorpora in der Erforschung der zielsprachlichen Verdolmetschung

Vārds un tā pētīšanas aspekti: rakstu krājums = The Word: Aspects of Research: conference proceedings - Vārds un tā pētīšanas aspekti = The Word: Aspects of Research ◽

10.37384/vtpa.2021.25.224 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 224-235

Author(s):

Linda Gaile ◽

Keyword(s):

Data Retrieval ◽

Target Language ◽

Speech Corpus ◽

Simultaneous Interpretation ◽

Simultaneous Interpreting ◽

Source Language ◽

Speech Corpora ◽

Short Time ◽

Language Corpus ◽

Language Pair

The research on the simultaneous interpreting process and the associated target and source languages requires both the oral source speeches and the simultaneous interpreting of the spoken source speeches into the target language. For a relatively short time now, researchers of translation and interpreting have been able to access digitized linguistic corpora, parallel and speech corpora of different language pairs, from which they can build their own purpose-oriented corpus of original and target-language oral texts. Furthermore, the built-up language corpus can be analysed qualitatively or quantitatively using different software and investigated for specific linguistic phenomena. This present article focuses on the benefits of data retrieval from digitalized language and speech corpora, which can be an important source of assistance for the analysis of the oral simultaneous interpretation target text. At the heart of this question is the European Parliament’s speeches corpus, from which authentic speeches in the source language (German) and simultaneous interpretation in the target language (Latvian) can be obtained to create a sub-corpus for the German-Latvian language pair. Among others, the question of which interpreting strategies can be used for simultaneous interpreting from German into Latvian is explored, and the application of EXMARaLDA Partitur-Editor software is presented, which allows to create a simultaneous transcription of the source language and the simultaneously interpreted target language as well as to develop a speech corpus.

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Anticipation in Simultaneous Interpretation

Meta Journal des traducteurs ◽

10.7202/004532ar ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 44 (2) ◽

pp. 250-259 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Fred Van Besien

Keyword(s):

Target Language ◽

Simultaneous Interpretation ◽

Source Language ◽

The Moment

Abstract Anticipation refers to the simultaneous interpreter's production of a constituent in the target language before the speaker has uttered the corresponding constituent in the source language. It is the result of hypothesizing on the content of the speaker's utterance before it has been finished. In this article, existing material consisting of German-French simultaneous interpretation published by Lederer (1980, 1981) has been analyzed. Anticipation was revealed to be a very frequent strategy, occurring every 85 seconds. The fact that so many verbs were anticipated suggests that anticipation is a language-specific phenomenon. The material also contains cases of structural anticipation, a strategy which enables the interpreter to postpone the moment at which s/he has to produce a verb.

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THE TRANSLATION STRATEGIES OF METAPHOR IN THE MAGIC OF THINKING BIG TRANSLATED INTO BAHASA INDONESIA BY DIAN PARAMESTI BAHAR

LINGUISTIK TERAPAN ◽

10.24114/lt.v14i3.11263 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 14 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Khairani Hayat Situmorang ◽

I. W. Dirgeyasa ◽

Zainuddin Zainuddin

Keyword(s):

Data Analysis ◽

Target Language ◽

Qualitative Design ◽

Translation Strategies ◽

Source Language ◽

Free Translation ◽

Dead Metaphor ◽

Word Translation ◽

Bahasa Indonesia ◽

Communicative Translation

The research dealt with Metaphor Sentences. The aims of this study were: (1) to find out the translation strategies of metaphors are used in The Magic of Thinking Big and (2) to describe the translation strategies maintain metaphors in The Magic of Thinking Big. The research was conducted by using qualitative design. The data of this study were sentences. The data were collected through documentary technique and the instrument was the documentary sheet. The technique of data analysis was descriptive. The finding of this study revealed that: (1) The metaphor in The magic of Thinking Big were translated by applying six translation strategies, namely: word for word Translation (5.3%) lieral translation (4.3%), faithful translation (57.5%), Free translation (3.2%), communicative translation (30.5%) and discursive creation was found (2.2%). (2) The metaphors are maintained that found in the Magic of Thinking Big are original metaphors turned into another original metaphors, stock metaphors turned into another stock metaphors, adapted metaphors turned into adapted metaphors, dead metaphors turned into dead metaphors, original metaphor turned into stock metaphor, stock metaphor turned into original metaphor, meanwhile, 10 original metaphors and 1 dead metaphor are no longer classified as metaphors. Language has special characteristic that is metaphor sentences, therefore in the case of translating of metaphor sentences in which their concept in unknown for readers, the translator often faces the problems to find out the translation strategies to translate metaphor in a source language (SL) and how the metaphor sentences are maintained in the target language (TL).Keywords : Metaphor, Translation Strategies, Maintain Metaphor

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TRANSLATION SHIFT IN THE TRANSLATED NOVEL OF “TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD” BY FEMMY SYAHRIANNI

LINGUISTICA ◽

10.24114/ling.v6i2.6442 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Dian Sukma Lestari And Zainuddin

Keyword(s):

Data Analysis ◽

Qualitative Method ◽

Target Language ◽

The Novel ◽

Data Display ◽

Source Language ◽

To Kill A Mockingbird

The aim of this study were to find out category shift types used in thetranslation of novel To Kill A Bird and to describe of how category shift is translatedin the novel from English into Indonesian. This study were conducted by usingdescriptive qualitative method. The data of the study were words, phrases, andclauses in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird which is translated into Indonesian byFemmy Syahrianni. It was found that there were 280 data in the novel from Englishinto Indonesian. The data analysis were taken by listing and bolding. Documentarysheets used as the instrument to collect the data. The data were analyzed based onMiles and Huberman (2014) by condensation which consists of selecting, focusing,simplifying, abstracting and transforming and then data display by using table inorder to get easy analyzing the data. The result of this study were (1) there were fourtypes of category shifts found in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird namely; structureshifts (36.78%), class shift (27.14%), unit shift (32.5%) and intra-system shift(3.27%). (2) The process of category shifts in the translation novel by havingmodifier-head in source language changed into head-modifier in target language,adverb in source language changed into verb in target language, one unit in sourcelanguage changed into some units in target language. and plural in source languagechanged into singular in target language.

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The Translation of Passive Voice in Harry Potter Novel into Bahasa Indonesia

LINGUISTIK TERAPAN ◽

10.24114/lt.v12i1.2910 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Harry Sumbayu ◽

Amrin Saragih ◽

Syahron Lubis

Keyword(s):

Key Words ◽

Cultural Context ◽

Harry Potter ◽

Qualitative Approach ◽

Cultural Value ◽

Passive Voice ◽

Active Voice ◽

Source Language ◽

Lexical Categories ◽

Bahasa Indonesia

This study addresses the translation of passive voice in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azakaban into Bahasa Indonesia. The study was based on descriptive qualitative approach. The data were collected by applying documentary techniques. There were three chapters taken as the source of the data. They were chapters 1, 8 and 15. The findings indicated that there were two types of passive voices as a product of passive voices’ translation in Bahasa Indonesia. The passive voice retained as passive one in TL was more dominantly translated into passive voice type one than type two in TL. It caused the use of prefix di+verb base, prefix di+verb base suffix i, and prefix di +verb base+ suffix+ kan are able to represent the meaning of the SL literally and culturally. The changing of English passive voice into Bahasa Indonesia active voice when they were translated indicated that the translator has attempted to find the closest natural equivalent of the source language in aspect of grammar, style, and cultural value. In essence naturalization rate of an expression is a matter of looking for matches in level lexical categories, grammatical categories, semantic, and cultural context. Key words: translation, passive voice, English, Bahasa Indonesia.

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THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COGNITIVE ACADEMIC LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES (CALLS) TO HELP THE STUDENTS IN RECOGNIZING THE LEXICAL CONSTRAINTS ON THE STUDENTS TRANSLATION

JURNAL ELINK ◽

10.30736/e-link.v4i2.18 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Diah Astuty

Keyword(s):

Language Learning ◽

Learning Strategies ◽

Academic Language ◽

Target Language ◽

Language Learning Strategies ◽

Source Language ◽

Lexical Constraints ◽

Language Text

his study aims to describe the sorts of lexical constraints that appeared on the students translation when translating some source language texts into some target language texts. The competence of linguistic fields that the students have acquired is in the fact assumed to be inadequate and it can cause the lexical constraints.Keywords: CALLS, lexical constraints,source language text,target language text

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