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1、Skills in Interpretation- I. Figure Interpreting,Figure Interpreting Report on the Work of the Government Delivered by Premier Wen Jiabao, on March 5, 2007,2006年全国财政收入万亿元，比上年增加亿元 In 2006, National revenue reached 3.93 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 769. 4 billion yuan.,Figure Interpreting
2、,2001年中国进出口总额达到5098亿美元，是1998年的4.6倍。 In 2001,Chinas total import and export volume reached $509.8 billion, 4.6 times as much as that in 1998.,Figure Interpreting,Figure Interpreting,上海占地面积6341平方公里，人口1870万，其中流动人口2百万。 Shanghai covers an area of 6341 square kilometers with a population of 18.7 million,
3、including a transient population of 2 million.,Skills in Interpretation- II. Note-taking,Note takingA crucial technique of consecutive interpretation,Short-Term Memory (STM): The duration of STM is very short. It is up 6 to 30 seconds. Memory in interpreting only lasts for a short time. Long-Term Me
4、mory (LTM): ?,Note taking,Notes can help improve concentration, facilitate analysis of the speech, activate your memory and improve the accuracy of reproduction. It is accepted that notes are helpful to the interpretation, but its help is only secondary. In fact, the whole message depends largely on
5、 memory rather than notes.,Note taking,Tip: Keep a dynamic balance between memory and notes and try to be less dependent on your notes.,Warming-up Exercises 1,该大学城占地306公顷，其中240公顷用于教室等各类教学设施，其它用于寝室食堂和商店。整座大学城的建设将耗资25亿人民币。,The sentences could be noted as follows:,College Town 306 公顷 240 rest 教设：eg: cl
6、assroom dor. canteen shop 2.5 bi RMB,Warming-up Exercises 1,公顷 hectare 教学设施 educational facilities Interpreting Practice,Reference,The College Town covers an area of 306 hectares, of/among which 240 hectares are used for various kinds of educational facilities such as classrooms, while the rest (are
7、 used) for dormitories, canteens and shops. The total cost of building the whole college town will be 2.5 billion yuan.,Note-taking:What to note,-Note down the main ideas. (words) -Systematically note down the links between different ideas. -Pay attention to conjunctions, verb tenses, conditional fo
8、rms, and modal verbs. -Note down accurately the numbers, dates and proper names. Tip: Digest before taking notes!,Guidelines for Note-Taking,1. Concentrate on the lecture/speech the contradiction between listening and writing Great attention should be paid to understanding,Guidelines for Note-Taking
9、,2. Use whatever language that comes to your mind Interpreters are encouraged to use target language to take notes, thus helping the expressing of the final interpretation Target language (less transcoding, more demanding ) Source Language (less strain during processing) the combination of TL and SL
10、,Guidelines for Note-Taking,3. Take notes selectively (125-140 words per minute/ 25 words per minute),Guidelines for Note-Taking,4. Be brief. Write down only the major points and important information use abbreviations, symbols, acronyms; use whatever language that comes to your mind: SL or TL) Eg:
11、The negotiation held between the UN and rebel forces in Afghanistan broke down. (谈UN+阿反) X,Guidelines for Note-Taking,5. Write legibly Notes are useless if you cannot read them later 6. Take notes vertically. T型 break up the sentence into sense units 7. Dont be concerned with spelling and grammar.,G
12、uidelines for Note-Taking,Tip: Notes are essentially individual in character. Try to develop your own personalized note-taking methods.,College class notes Taken down in details, in source language with understanding. They are useful after class. Shorthand notes Taken automatically/ mechanically in
13、the source language without any analysis/ thinking. Interpretation notes They are helpful for the interpretation but its help is only secondary. Great attention is paid to understanding. Note down key points and most of the message is in your mind. Notes are there to trigger passive memory in your m
14、ind. It is useless after interpretation.,Note-taking,In-class Practice (EC),Words and expressions,declare open symposium (on) extend warm welcome to express ones sincere thanks to generous help popularize the use of deservers reference and study I wish the symposium a complete success,In-class Pract
15、ice (EC),Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen: I declare open the international symposium on internet service. Id like to extend warm welcome to all the guests from various circle./ Id like to express my sincere thanks to the British and Australian companies and specialists whose generous help makes t
16、he successful opening possible./,In-class Practice (EC),Some overseas developed countries have accumulated much experience in promoting the internet service. The experience deservers reference and study. Through exchange, we will be able to get more information and knowledge./,In-class Practice (EC),I believe the symposium will be constructive and significant in popula
