Open AccessProgress in Simultaneous Interpreting - an Evaluation of the Development of four Students
Author(s) -
Gun-Viol Vik-Tuovinen
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
hermes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.759
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 1903-1785
pISSN - 0904-1699
DOI - 10.7146/hjlcb.v8i14.25095
Subject(s) - interpreter , equivalence (formal languages) , competence (human resources) , linguistics , mathematics education , psychology , linguistic analysis , style analysis , linguistic performance , computer science , social psychology , philosophy , investment management , incentive , microeconomics , economics , programming language
This article describes an analysis of students’ simultaneous interpreting performance. The interpreting performance of four students was recorded in the beginning and at the end of their interpreting training. The performances were then analysed by using a modified version of a model of analysis presented by Kopczynski (1980 and 1981). Factors paid attention to in the analysis were equivalence, linguistic competence, linguistic performance and style. The analysis shows that equivalence improves during the period of training but does not achieve the level of equivalence of professional interpreters. In the area of linguistic competence, progress can be noticed as well, but in the area of linguistic performance the students only progress slightly.