The Principle of Brevity in Simultaneous Interpreting

DOI

10.2991/icemss-14.2014.39How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Simultaneous interpretation, principle, brevity

Abstract

Simultaneous interpreting is a complex cognitive activity that requires the interpreter to listen to what the speaker says and render it immediately into another language, listen to the speaker’s next message, store the message in memory before retrieving it again for translation, and monitor his or her own output, all at the same time. To overcome the cognitive overloads that are often inevitable during this process, interpreters employ a variety of strategies. This paper introduces the principle of brevity as an effective strategy to overcome the cognitive overloads and the role it plays in Simultaneous interpreting.

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© 2014, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Zheng Wang
PY  - 2014/08
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TI  - The Principle of Brevity in Simultaneous Interpreting
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Education, Management and Social Science
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 136
EP  - 138
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/icemss-14.2014.39
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