Note-Taking for Consecutive Interpreting: A Short Course

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Note-taking for Consecutive Interpreting: A Short Courseis the essential step-by-step guide to the skill of note-taking. The system, made up of a range of tried and tested techniques, is simple to learn, consistent and efficient. Each chapter presents a technique, with examples, tasks and exercises. This second edition has been extensively revised throughout, including: an updated chapter on speech analysis new chapters on comparisons and links revised example speeches and notes a summary of other authors' note-taking guidelines for comparison and reference (Part III). The author uses English throughout - explaining how and where to locate material for other languages - thus providing a sound base for all those working in the areas of conference interpreting and consecutive interpreting in any language combination. This user-friendly guide is a particularly valuable resource for student interpreters, professionals looking to refresh their skills, and interpreter trainers looking for innovative ways of approaching note-taking. Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 8 About the new edition......Page 13 PART I The basics step-by-step......Page 14 When is consecutive interpreting used?......Page 18 Community, liaison, medical and court interpreting......Page 19 About this book......Page 20 Note-taking for consecutive interpreting......Page 21 About the notes......Page 25 About the examples......Page 26 How to use the book......Page 27 Practice......Page 29 Miscellaneous......Page 30 1 Speech analysis......Page 33 Mind maps......Page 34 Sections......Page 38 Section diagrams......Page 42 Mini summaries......Page 45 What is an idea?......Page 50 Identifying ideas......Page 52 Subject, Verb, Object......Page 56 1. Note shorter synonyms......Page 64 2. Note a different SVO group with the same meaning......Page 68 3. Noting only two of the three elements in SVO......Page 69 4. Make several short sentences out of one long one......Page 71 4 Links......Page 73 Why are links important?......Page 74 Finding links......Page 75 Families of links......Page 77 Noting links......Page 80 Moving on . . .......Page 85 5 Verticality and hierarchies of values......Page 93 Parallel values 1......Page 94 Shifting values......Page 101 Parallel values 2......Page 105 Use of brackets......Page 107 What is a symbol?......Page 113 What to note with symbols......Page 114 Organic symbols......Page 118 How many symbols?......Page 122 Similar but not the same......Page 124 Structure reminds us of the obvious......Page 126 When what comes next is obvious......Page 129 Things right in front of you......Page 134 Note the simple for the complicated......Page 135 Stories and jokes......Page 136 It depends on what you already know......Page 138 8 What to note......Page 140 PART II Fine-tuning......Page 142 Reported speech......Page 144 Additional information......Page 146 2 Rules of abbreviation......Page 149 Plurals......Page 150 Phonetic spelling and misspelling......Page 151 Verb tenses......Page 152 Modal verbs......Page 153 Nouns as verbs......Page 154 4 The recall line......Page 156 Who?......Page 159 Structural elements......Page 161 Dates......Page 166 Anything important!......Page 168 Adding implicit links......Page 169 Dropping link words that aren’t links......Page 172 Though and although or but and however......Page 174 Temporal links......Page 176 One and the other......Page 178 Pairs......Page 179 Not only . . . but also......Page 180 8 Pro-forms......Page 183 Noting detail sooner......Page 185 Numbers......Page 186 Word order......Page 187 Noting detail later......Page 189 Noting lists......Page 190 Writing big and bigger......Page 191 Capital letters for proper names......Page 192 Phonetic spelling and misspelling......Page 193 Improvising symbols......Page 195 The exclamation mark......Page 197 Omissions......Page 201 Questions to the speaker......Page 202 The end of your notes......Page 205 PART III The back of the book......Page 208 1 Notes with commentary......Page 210 Speech 1 – Lumumba......Page 211 Speech 2 – Soros......Page 224 Speech 3 – McCulley......Page 231 Speech 4 – Hasanov......Page 239 Speech 5 – Tsujimura......Page 249 Chapter 1 Speech analysis......Page 260 Chapter 2 Recognizing and splitting ideas......Page 262 Chapter 4 Links......Page 263 Chapter 5 Verticality and hierarchies of values......Page 266 3 The examples......Page 273 4 Where to find practice material......Page 278 Rozan......Page 280 Seleskovitch......Page 282 Thiéry......Page 283 Matyssek......Page 284 Ilg and Lambert......Page 288 Andres......Page 289 Oblitas......Page 290 Glossary......Page 292 Further reading......Page 295 Bibliography......Page 297 Index......Page 300