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Jan 18, 1919- Consecutive
Interpretation • At the Paris Peace
Conference a er the WW I, negotiators
ſt
requested the possibility to use other
Ls and ended up employing the
services of consecutive interpreters.
Fact: If they hired CI, that meant they
existed!
3.
INTERWAR PERIOD
The Leagueof Nations & The International Labor
Organization (ILO) evolved considerable translation
during a larger number of high-level international
meetings multiplying the need for interpreters and
their services.
4.
Consecutive Interpreting
1920 -1945
Interpreters made notes in
a
developed type of
shorthand
while the speaker went on
and
rendered the statements in
the TL from a rostrum
(tribune)
aſter the speaker had
5.
Simultaneous or Consecutive
?
•CI extended meetings unbearably.
• A new I-ing method developed : less
time- consuming and more
advantageous for everyone involved –
simultaneous interpreting. =
simultaneously in USSR & USA – cold
war means.
• DEVELOPED a hugely complicated
system of cables, microphones, and
headsets.
Consecutive interpreting meansthat the interpreter first listens to
the
speaker and then interprets what they have said into another
language.
The interpreter sits together with the participants, listens to what they
are
saying and then, based mainly on the notes made, interprets it into
another
language. There are two types of consecutive interpreting: short and
long.
Short consecutive interpreting means that interpreting is done after
two to
three sentences, which is often the practice in business negotiations,
short-term visits, museums, etc. Whereas long consecutive
interpreting,
which is increasingly popular, is the interpretation of segments that
8.
A consecutive interpreterneeds to have a wide range of
skills in order to perform their role successfully. These are
the minimum skills that the individual requires:
• Fluency in two languages
• Active listening skills
• Fast-paced analytical abilities
• Superb short-term memory
• Shorthand or other structured form of note-taking
• Clear diction
• Cultural awareness
