Interpreting : : an Art, a Craft or a Superpower? / / Karolina Puchala-Ladzinska.

• Superior document: SPECLANG
• VerfasserIn: Puchała-Ladzińska, Karolina,
• Place / Publishing House: Paderborn, Germany : : V&R unipress,, [2024]; ©2024
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Specsummary.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (183 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Body -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: What is Interpreting? -- 1.1 Definition -- 1.2 History -- 1.3 Types of Interpreting -- 1.3.1 Consecutive Interpreting -- 1.3.2 Simultaneous Interpreting -- 1.3.3 A Vista Interpreting (Sight Translation) -- 1.3.4 Community Interpreting -- Chapter 2: Competences and Skills of Interpreters -- 2.1 Knowledge and Linguistic Skills -- 2.2 Extralinguistic Skills -- 2.2.1 Memory -- 2.2.2 Attention, Focus and Anticipation -- 2.2.3 Managing Occupational Stress -- Chapter 3: Note-Taking in Interpreting -- 3.1 The Role and Principles of Note-Taking -- 3.2 Using Symbols -- 3.3 Note Taking: a Case Study of "Boudica" -- Chapter 4: Interpreting as a Process -- 4.1 Techniques and Strategies in Interpreting -- 4.2 Non-verbal Elements -- 4.3 Errors in Interpreting -- 4.4 Interpreting Assessment -- Chapter 5: Creativity in Interpreting -- 5.1 What is Creativity? -- 5.2 Interpreting as a Creative Process -- 5.2.1 Creative Products in Interpreting -- 5.2.2 Creative Mental Processes in Interpreting: Problem-solving and Decision-making -- 5.2.3 Creative Behaviour in Interpreting -- 5.2.4 Developing one's Creative Potential -- Chapter 6: Interpreters: Training and Profession -- 6.1 Translator and Interpreter Training in Poland -- 6.2 Norms in Interpreting -- 6.3 Professional Associations of Interpreters -- Chapter 7: Practical Exercises and Activities -- 7.1 Consecutive Interpreting -- 7.1.1 Memory and Visualization Exercises -- 7.1.2 Note-taking Exercises -- 7.1.3 Processing in Consecutive Interpreting -- 7.1.4 Production in Consecutive Interpreting -- 7.2 Simultaneous Interpreting -- 7.2.1 Parainterpreting Exercises -- 7.2.2 Processing in Simultanoues Interpreting -- 7.2.3 Production in Simultaneous Interpreting -- References.