@article{article_706444, title={The effect of directionality on performance and strategy use in simultaneous interpreting: A case of English-Turkish language pair}, journal={RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi}, pages={639–665}, year={2020}, DOI={10.29000/rumelide.706444}, author={Öztürk, Asiye}, keywords={Andaş çeviride çeviri yönü,strateji kullanımı,çeviri kalitesi,önerme analizi}, abstract={The aim of this study is to explore the effect of directionality on the performances and strategy preferences of student interpreters during simultaneous interpreting (SI) tasks while interpreting from English to Turkish (B>A) and from Turkish to English (A>B). Descriptive method was used in this study, in which the sample group was composed of 14 interpreting students; thus, their interpreting outputs were analyzed to gather the related data for the purpose of the study. The participants of the study were asked to interpret one English speech and one Turkish speech; they were inquired about their language background, strategy uses during the tasks and self-assessment of their interpreting performances by means of questionnaires. Interpretations in both directions were assessed by two external raters on the basis of quality criteria. Another assessment was conducted by using propositional analysis. The data related to strategy preferences of the subjects during SI tasks in different directions were collected from the remarks of the subjects in strategy use questionnaire. The results indicate that there was a significant difference between the interpreting performances of participants in terms of interpreting quality in the favor of B>A direction. On the other hand, the propositional analysis revealed that the subjects rendered more accurate propositions in the direction of A>B. No significant difference was observed between the strategy preferences of the subjects. It is expected that the study will prove to be useful for further studies on directionality in the field of SI.}, number={18}, publisher={Yakup YILMAZ}