Syntactic Anticipation in German-English Simultaneous Interpreting

Wilss, Wolfram

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“…Some studies examine the use of single, specific strategies such as anticipation (Lederer 1978;Moser 1978Wilss 1978 while others adopt an overall approach (Kirchhoff 1976;Kohn and Kalina 1996;Kalina 1998). Gile (1995) uses the term of 'coping tactics' to refer to conscious solutions implemented by the interpreter to contrast processing capacity overload and knowledge base inadequacy.…”

Section: Strategies In Simentioning

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On the Evolution of Interpreting Strategies in Simultaneous Interpreting

Riccardi

2005

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L'interprétation simultanée est une compétence procédurale dont le développement peut être observé à travers les changements intervenant sur le plan des compétences implicites et des connaissances explicites. C'est une activité ciblée qui peut être analysée sur la base des stratégies utilisées par l'interprète au service d'une intention de communication. D'abord pendant ses études et ensuite au cours de sa carrière professionnelle, l'interprète développe, renforce et continue à perfectionner un comportement stratégi-que individuel fondé sur des stratégies qu'il introduit consciemment ou inconsciemment. Les stratégies sont considérées comme un instrument utile non seulement pour décrire le processus de l'interprétation mais également les aspects didactiques, permettant d'orienter les études vers le développement d'automatismes spécifiques pour l'interprétation simultanée. ABSTRACTThis paper examines simultaneous interpreting (SI) from the viewpoint of procedural competence, whose evolution may be followed and monitored through the changes intervening within implicit and explicit tasks performed. As a goal-oriented communicative activity, SI may be analysed through the strategies applied to achieve the communicative goal. The interpreter, first during his studies and then throughout his career, develops and constantly refines a strategic behaviour integrating conscious and unconscious strategies. Strategies are a dynamic concept, useful not only for the description of process-oriented aspects of SI, but also as a teaching tool orienting the study and for devising exercises that help automatize specific interpreting solutions.

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Section: Strategies In Simentioning

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On the Evolution of Interpreting Strategies in Simultaneous Interpreting

Riccardi

2005

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“…La conference interpreting (Wilss, 1978;Lederer, 1978;Gile, 1985;Van Dam, 1989:175';Setton, 1998: 174 and1999: 52 2 ; Van Besien, 1999 and2001), anticipatíon is usually defined as: the target language production by the interpreter of a (string of) word(s) before (or simultaneous with) the speaker's production of the corresponding (string of) words. This definitíon sees anticipatíon as an empirically observable act.…”

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“…According to Wilss (1978), the primary purpose of anticipation is "the achievement of high-quality simultaneous interpreüng performance". In Setton's view, such high-quality boost can be achieved through better achievement ofsynchronicity (Setton, 1998: 174).…”

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“…The last strategy, however, seems to be inspired mainly by the kind of data that are commonly used for discussions of anticipation: most of them are from interpreüng from Germán into French or EngUsh, i.e. from an SOV-into an SVO-íanguage (Wilss, 1978;Le Ny, 1978;Lederer, 1981;Gile, 1985;Van Dam, 1989;Setton, 1999and Van Besien, 1999and 2001. There is, however, no a priori reason why anücipaüon could not be adopted when interpreüng from a verb-first or head-noun-first structure 5 into an SOV-language.…”

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Anticipation in conference interpreting: a cognitive process

Vandepitte¹

2001

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In conference interpretation research, anticipation is usually seen as the oral production of a particular part of a message in special circumstances. In psychophysiological research, however, anticipation is a mental process. The article presents a revised defmition of anticipation that takes account of both approaches. It does so in terms of delibérate enrichment, a conceptual tool from relevance theory. Anticipation in conference interpreting is found to yield a high number of strengthenings rather than deletions, additions or contextual implications. This is a cognitive aspect which is typical of interpreting and distinguishes it from other communication events.

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“…Wilss (1978) discussed the syntactic differences between German and English and the necessity of utilizing the strategy of anticipation in German-English simultaneous interpreting. Uchiyama (1991) identified two major characteristics of Japanese syntax which contrast with English syntax and can cause problems in interpreting.…”

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An evidence-based exploration into the effect of language-pair specificity in English-Chinese simultaneous interpreting

Wang

2016

Asia Pacific Translation and Intercultural Studies

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Whether and how language-pair specificity affects the process and product of interpreting is a recurring implicit topic of debate in interpreting studies. Previous discussions have touched upon this issue in Japanese/English and German/English interpreting, with little attention to its role in Chinese/English interpreting. This study focuses on the effect of structural asymmetry between English and Chinese on English-Chinese simultaneous interpreting performance, which is exemplified by right-branching structures in English and left-branching structures in Chinese. Based on a naturalistic observation of three professional interpreters' on-site simultaneous interpretations of the same speech, it investigates two major questions: a) Does structural asymmetry between English and Chinese constitute particular difficulties in the interpreters' interpreting performance? b) If yes, how does such language-pair specificity affect their interpreting product? While previous interpreting studies generally consider that the interpreting product is shaped by three major variables including the interpreter's interpreting competence, cognitive conditions on the site and norms of interpreting, findings of the present study suggest that language-pair specificity functions as another variable in English-Chinese interpreting. It implies the necessity of considering it in the theoretical account of interpreting between languages such as English and Chinese that involve significant contrasts in linguistic structure and cultural conceptualization.

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Syntactic Anticipation in German-English Simultaneous Interpreting

Cited by 40 publications

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On the Evolution of Interpreting Strategies in Simultaneous Interpreting

On the Evolution of Interpreting Strategies in Simultaneous Interpreting

Anticipation in conference interpreting: a cognitive process

An evidence-based exploration into the effect of language-pair specificity in English-Chinese simultaneous interpreting

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