Note-producing and Note-reading Patterns of Turkish Students in Consecutive Interpreting
Abstract
Consecutive interpreting (CI) is a mode of verbal translation between a source and target language (TL) which “involves listening to what someone has to say and then, when they have finished speaking, reproducing the same message in another language (Gillies, 2017, P. 5). Note-taking, a fundamental skill in the process of long CI, refers to the activity of jotting down a speech in a highly individualised style and then recreating the original speech by the help of a combination of notes, memory, and general knowledge (Albl-Mikasa, 2008; Gillies 2017). To better understand the expertise in the context of Turkey, the study examined the idea-identifying, note-producing, and note-reading patterns of 26 undergraduate Turkish students majoring in English Language Translation and Interpreting. The data for the study were obtained from three official exams. The results revealed a preference for the use of word note form over the other ones among the students. They also confirmed a better idea-identifying, note-producing, and note-reading performances among the high-level students. Moreover, it was found that note-reading patterns of the students were better than their note-producing ones. The findings of study are pedagogically useful for teachers in their classes and practically helpful for practitioners in the field.
Keywords
Consecutive interpreting, notetaking, note-producing, note-reading, Turkish students
Project Number
Hayır
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