Introducing Daftar: A Problem-Solving Strategy in Consecutive Interpreting of Medical and Economic Discourses
Yomna Mahmoud Breikaa;
Abstract
Abstract
Consecutive interpretation of the medical and economic discourses is a stressing task where interpreters face several difficulties like the time limit for retrieving technical terms, numbers, long sentences, the speed of the speaker in addition to the stress and anxiety which could affect the interpreter’s attention. Thus, interpreters tend to use strategies for solving such problems like omission and approximation. Despite such strategies are frequently and commonly used by interpreters, yet they cannot deliver the accurate and sometimes incorrect meaning. Consequently, some computer tools were introduced to reach a better result, though they still cannot help solving some of the mentioned difficulties. This study introduces a prototype of a CAI tool, namely Daftar - دفتر، designed specifically for consecutive interpreting. This tool is proposed to be a strategy for solving some of the difficulties that encounter consecutive interpreters like retrieving and taking down technical terms and numbers and the quick speed of the speaker. To illustrate this, the study starts by reviewing the different difficulties that face consecutive interpreters in the economic and medical discourses then the traditional strategies used by interpreters for solving such difficulties and problems. The theoretical framework of the study is based on Baddeley’s model of working memory (2009) and Dalia Mankauskiene’s model (2016) and Gile’s tactics (2012). The present study assumes that this CAI Tool helps relieve retrieving and taking down the accurate terminology numbers, abbreviations, and proper names particularly in technical interpreting domains requiring an accurate and correct delivery of terms in the medical and economic discourses, in addition to long sentences and quick speed of the source speech. The study experimentally investigates Daftar - دفتر’s efficiency in reaching a better result than the traditional strategies in English into Arabic consecutive interpreting by experimenting the suggested features of the tool on a group of E/A junior consecutive interpreters in the economic and medical fields who would use it as a problem-solving strategy separately then the combined features together.
Consecutive interpretation of the medical and economic discourses is a stressing task where interpreters face several difficulties like the time limit for retrieving technical terms, numbers, long sentences, the speed of the speaker in addition to the stress and anxiety which could affect the interpreter’s attention. Thus, interpreters tend to use strategies for solving such problems like omission and approximation. Despite such strategies are frequently and commonly used by interpreters, yet they cannot deliver the accurate and sometimes incorrect meaning. Consequently, some computer tools were introduced to reach a better result, though they still cannot help solving some of the mentioned difficulties. This study introduces a prototype of a CAI tool, namely Daftar - دفتر، designed specifically for consecutive interpreting. This tool is proposed to be a strategy for solving some of the difficulties that encounter consecutive interpreters like retrieving and taking down technical terms and numbers and the quick speed of the speaker. To illustrate this, the study starts by reviewing the different difficulties that face consecutive interpreters in the economic and medical discourses then the traditional strategies used by interpreters for solving such difficulties and problems. The theoretical framework of the study is based on Baddeley’s model of working memory (2009) and Dalia Mankauskiene’s model (2016) and Gile’s tactics (2012). The present study assumes that this CAI Tool helps relieve retrieving and taking down the accurate terminology numbers, abbreviations, and proper names particularly in technical interpreting domains requiring an accurate and correct delivery of terms in the medical and economic discourses, in addition to long sentences and quick speed of the source speech. The study experimentally investigates Daftar - دفتر’s efficiency in reaching a better result than the traditional strategies in English into Arabic consecutive interpreting by experimenting the suggested features of the tool on a group of E/A junior consecutive interpreters in the economic and medical fields who would use it as a problem-solving strategy separately then the combined features together.
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| Title | Introducing Daftar: A Problem-Solving Strategy in Consecutive Interpreting of Medical and Economic Discourses | Other Titles | استخدام برنامج "دفتر": استراتيجية مقترحة لمعالجة مشكلات الترجمة التتبعية في السياقين الطبي والاقتصادي من الإنجليزية إلى العربية | Authors | Yomna Mahmoud Breikaa | Issue Date | 2022 |
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