Retrospection as a method of studying the process of simultaneous interpreting

Vik-Tuovinen, Gun-Viol

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“…Simultaneous interpreting researchers have resorted to retrospection to examine a number of aspects: expertise components and skill variation between professionals and novices (Ivanova, 1999;Tiselius & Jenset, 2011;Vik-Tuovinen, 2002), omissions by sign-language interpreters (Napier, 2004), directionality and strategy use (Bartłomiejczyk, 2006;Chang & Schallert, 2007) and differences between retrospective reporting in translation and interpreting (Dimitrova & Tiselius, 2009). The information gleaned from this investigative approach contributed to elucidating some cognitive aspects of simultaneous interpreting or at least served as a basis for hypothesis formation (Kohn & Kalina, 1996, p. 133).…”

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“…Dimitrova & Tiselius (2009) and Tiselius & Jenset (2011) followed Ivanova's procedure, while other researchers (e.g. Bartłomiejczyk, 2006;Chang & Schallert, 2007;Vik-Tuovinen, 2002) opted for confronting the participants with the target speech. The latter approach might produce more data, but the protocols obtained might be tainted by the participants' urge to comment on or justify their interpreting decisions (Dimitrova & Tiselius, 2009, p. 112).…”

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“…Most studies in simultaneous interpreting are self-initiated with minimal interference by the researcher. Participants would listen to the dual-track recording of source and target text and stop the tape whenever they wish to make a retrospective remark (Bartłomiejczyk, 2006;Chang & Schallert, 2007;Vik-Tuovinen, 2002) or they would go through the ST transcript and verbalize what came through their mind when interpreting the respective segment (Dimitrova & Tiselius, 2009;Tiselius & Jenset, 2011). In other-initiated retrospection participants only verbalize "when explicitly requested to do so by the experimenter" (Faerch & Kasper, 1987, p. 17).…”

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Retrospective protocols: Tapping into the minds of interpreting trainees

Shamy¹,

Ricoy²

2017

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Interpreting Studies has witnessed a growing interest in language specificity and its role in cognitive processing during simultaneous interpreting. The aim of this study is to establish trainee-interpreters' perceptions of language-pair-specific difficulties when working from English into Arabic in simultaneous mode. Fifteen postgraduate interpreting students were asked to perform two simultaneous interpreting tasks, into which language-pair-specific problem triggers had been incorporated. Process data was generated by applying the method of retrospection, the objective of which was to ascertain whether the problem triggers were perceived by the participants as such, and to identify the strategies, if any, that they employed to deal with them. Subsequently, a comparison was drawn between the perceptions that the participants verbalized and their actual performances.Although the limitations of the method will be acknowledged, the use of retrospection yielded interesting data that can help enhance language-specific interpreter training. This approach is particularly innovative in the context of the language combination English-Arabic, which has received little scholarly attention to date. The information that can be gleaned from the application of the method can contribute to process-oriented research in interpreting pedagogy: "tapping into the minds" of trainee interpreters can help researchers and educators determine the factors that encumber students' performances and gain a better understanding of the development of strategic competence.

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Section: Application Of Retrospection To Research In Simultaneous Intmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Application Of Retrospection To Research In Simultaneous Intmentioning

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Retrospective protocols: Tapping into the minds of interpreting trainees

Shamy¹,

Ricoy²

2017

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“…Despite certain challenges, retrospection is a popular method in interpreting process research, as concurrent introspection is impossible during the interpreting task (see, e.g., Bartłomiejczyk 2006 andChang &Schallert 2007). Vik-Tuovinen (2002), using a recording of the interpretings as cue, has described in detail how retrospection can be used when studying interpreting. Ivanova (1999) also used retrospection for studying the interpreting process, using transcripts of the original speech as cue.…”

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“…Retrospection has gained popularity as translation and interpreting research has become more interested in process studies (cf. Göpferich 2008, Hansen 2006and Vik-Tuovinen 2002. Analyzing retrospective data may, however, not be as straightforward as it perhaps seems at first.…”

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Retrospection in interpreting and translation: explaining the process?

Dimitrova

Tiselius

2014

MonTI

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Retrospection is one of the few research methods equally suitable for studying the processes involved in both translation and interpreting. At the first workshop on research methods in process-oriented research (Graz 2009), we presented the results of a pilot study of retrospection as a research method, published as Englund Dimitrova & Tiselius (2009). The study involved data from two groups (15 years of professional experience vs. no professional experience), each with 3+3 subjects (interpreter subjects vs. translator subjects, all with Swedish as their L1). The source text was a 10-minute plenary speech in English from the European Parliament, interpreted simultaneously into Swedish. For the translation data, the translator subjects translated the original European Parliament transcript of the speech, 1,093 words, using Translog. After the task, subjects did immediate retrospection. The first analysis of the data indicated that a challenge when using retrospection is that subjects tend to report having forgotten about some of their processes.In this paper we report an analysis of the process data in relation to the retrospective protocols. Our focus is on reported problems and the occurrences of problem indicators in the process. It was found that most reported problems are confirmed by the presence of problem indicators in the process. However, the majority of problem indicators found in the process do not correspond to any reported problem. Hence, the subjects' problem reports can only explain a limited number of the potential problems http://dx.doi.org/10.6035/MonTI.2014.ne1.5 Birgitta Englund Dimitrova & Elisabet TiseliusMonTI Special Issue -Minding Translation (2014: 177-200). ISSN 1889-4178 in the process. The need for further research into retrospection as a research method in Translation Studies is pointed out. ResumenLa retrospección es uno de los pocos métodos de investigación igualmente adecuados para estudiar los procesos de traducción y de interpretación. En el primer taller sobre métodos de investigación de procesos (Graz 2009), se presentaron los resultados de un estudio piloto sobre la retrospección como método de investigación, publicado como Englund Dimitrova & Tiselius ( 2009) . El estudio incluía datos de dos grupos (15 años de experiencia profesional frente a inexperiencia profesional), cada uno con 3+3 sujetos (intérpretes y traductores, todos con sueco como L1). El texto original era un discurso de 10 minutos en inglés del Parlamento Europeo, interpretado simultá-neamente al sueco. Para la traducción, los sujetos traductores usaron la transcripción original del discurso, de 1.093 palabras, usando Translog. Tras la tarea, los sujetos efectuaron retrospección inmediata. El primer análisis de los datos indicó que un reto al usar la retrospección es que los sujetos tienden a informar que han olvidado algunos de sus procesos.Este trabajo presenta un análisis de los datos del proceso en relación con los protocolos retrospectivos. Nuestra atención se ha centrado en contrastar los proble...

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Explicitation in Consecutive Interpreting

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2018

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Retrospection as a method of studying the process of simultaneous interpreting

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Retrospective protocols: Tapping into the minds of interpreting trainees

Retrospective protocols: Tapping into the minds of interpreting trainees

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