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    A consecutive interpreter should be poised, self-confident and maintain good eye-contact with the audience. She should also be able to think clearly and know the stylistic value, connotations and semantic field of a word.

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    A consecutive interpreter should be poised, self-confident and maintain good eye-contact with the audience. She should also be able to think clearly and know the stylistic value, connotations and semantic field of a word.

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    Consecutive Interpreting - Definitions - Objectives - Skills

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    A consecutive interpreter should be poised, self-confident and maintain good eye-contact with the audience. She should also be able to think clearly and know the stylistic value, connotations and semantic field of a word.

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    ConsecutiveInterpreting:Definitions,Objectives& Skills
    Translation:
    Theprocessofchangingspeechorwritingfromonelanguage(thesource language)toanother(theTargetlanguage).

    Interpretation:
    Thetranslationbyaninterpreterofwhatsomeoneissayingintoanother language,topermitaspeakertocommunicatewithpeoplewhodonot understandthespeaker'slanguage.

    SimultaneousInterpreting:
    Ittakesplaceasthespeakeristalking,providingacontinuoustranslation whichparallelsthespeaker'sspeech.

    ConsecutiveInterpretation:
    Inconsecutiveinterpretation(CI),thespeakerpausesduringspeakingtogive theinterpretertimetoprovideatranslationofeverythingsaiduptothat point.

    WhenisConsecutiveInterpretingUsed:
    indraftingcommittees. inlegalnegotiations. inhighlevelpoliticaltalksbetweenheadsofstateorgovernments. inafterdinnerspeeches. intheUnitedNations inspecializedagenciesoftheUN. inhospitals.
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    DrReimaAlJarf incourtrooms. ininternationalorganizationssuchastheCouncilofEurope,I.L.O.,W.H.O. inpressconferences(withforeignjournalists). attranslationagencies. bygovernmentagencies. byprivatecorporations.

    ConsecutiveInterpretingSkills:
    Aconsecutiveinterpretershouldbeableto: expressherselfclearly,speakwithasteady,wellmodulatedvoiceandat normalspeed,bepoised,selfconfident,andmaintaingoodeyecontactwith theaudience. listenforandanalyzethemeaningoftheoriginalspeech. theexegesisofthemessage. reformulateinthemediumofTLthemeaning retainthemainideas(content)ratherthanthewords(form)ofwhatis perceivedandheard. thinkclearlyandknowthestylisticvalue,connotationsandsemanticfieldof awordandusethemaccordingly. knowalittlebitabouteverything,developpreparationandresearchskillsin manyareas.

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