What is Interpretation all about???
Hi All,
i am back to the blog after 10 days. Now you all must be musing at the subject of this particular post on the blog. Well, the explanation is really simple. i was made to think about this particular question at the time of a recent interpretation assignment. And i can promise you that i mean all of it.
Well, as you all are aware i have also been involved in doing simultaneous interpretation too. I would like to explain both Consecutive and Simultaneous interpretation once again. Consecutive is the one in which the speaker says something, the interpreter takes notes and reproduces in another language. Simultaneous is one where the speaker speaks and the interpreter continues to talk, without any break, with a space of about one line behind the speaker. The difficulty of this task can be rated by the fact that the international rule for simultaneous interpretation is no interpreter is allowed to continue simultaneous interpretation for more than 30 minutes. If the process continues longer, the mental fatigue on the speaker lowers down the accuracy of interpretation.
So, back to the assignment. We were provided material about the international meet in advance, but some presentations were missing. Now when we were told even on the day of the conference that the presentations never reached the hosts, i asked myself this question. And my professor told me, "These are the professional hazards you have to cope up with."
Seriously, we need to educate our clients. The reason is pretty simple. If we don't understand what the speaker is saying, obviously the interpretation will be bad. With bad interpretation, the listeners will not understand the message of the speaker. So i would like to let you all know about the difficulties an interpreter faces and at the same time tell you all to talk with a slow pace when you are having an interpreter. All the management Gurus that we had were really speaking so fast that i literally was out of my breath when i tried to keep pace with them. It is really challenging and i do enjoy it, but not when the listeners are not satisfied.
Well, this was just a post where i let out my frustration against the extremely low level of awareness towards this profession.
Let me also tell you about something more. I mean this is my idea about which i want all of your feedback. I will be posting the same idea on other groups and other places on the net. Thinking about the street children of Delhi, i have thought of doing something. I would like to have feedbacks from all of you about this. Please don't hesitate to give any sort of inputs, no matter in what form they are. All of them are important! Looking forward to some nice ideas, if not on the Blog, maybe on the groups.
Well, it's late now and i have classes tomorrow as well, so will pack up my bags. Hope i am not lazy to skip writing the blog tomorrow.
Looking forward to your comments,
Regards,
P r a s a d....
i am back to the blog after 10 days. Now you all must be musing at the subject of this particular post on the blog. Well, the explanation is really simple. i was made to think about this particular question at the time of a recent interpretation assignment. And i can promise you that i mean all of it.
Well, as you all are aware i have also been involved in doing simultaneous interpretation too. I would like to explain both Consecutive and Simultaneous interpretation once again. Consecutive is the one in which the speaker says something, the interpreter takes notes and reproduces in another language. Simultaneous is one where the speaker speaks and the interpreter continues to talk, without any break, with a space of about one line behind the speaker. The difficulty of this task can be rated by the fact that the international rule for simultaneous interpretation is no interpreter is allowed to continue simultaneous interpretation for more than 30 minutes. If the process continues longer, the mental fatigue on the speaker lowers down the accuracy of interpretation.
So, back to the assignment. We were provided material about the international meet in advance, but some presentations were missing. Now when we were told even on the day of the conference that the presentations never reached the hosts, i asked myself this question. And my professor told me, "These are the professional hazards you have to cope up with."
Seriously, we need to educate our clients. The reason is pretty simple. If we don't understand what the speaker is saying, obviously the interpretation will be bad. With bad interpretation, the listeners will not understand the message of the speaker. So i would like to let you all know about the difficulties an interpreter faces and at the same time tell you all to talk with a slow pace when you are having an interpreter. All the management Gurus that we had were really speaking so fast that i literally was out of my breath when i tried to keep pace with them. It is really challenging and i do enjoy it, but not when the listeners are not satisfied.
Well, this was just a post where i let out my frustration against the extremely low level of awareness towards this profession.
Let me also tell you about something more. I mean this is my idea about which i want all of your feedback. I will be posting the same idea on other groups and other places on the net. Thinking about the street children of Delhi, i have thought of doing something. I would like to have feedbacks from all of you about this. Please don't hesitate to give any sort of inputs, no matter in what form they are. All of them are important! Looking forward to some nice ideas, if not on the Blog, maybe on the groups.
Well, it's late now and i have classes tomorrow as well, so will pack up my bags. Hope i am not lazy to skip writing the blog tomorrow.
Looking forward to your comments,
Regards,
P r a s a d....
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