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Consecutive interpreting : a short course / Andrew Gillies. - London ; New York : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2019. - VIII, 256 stron : ilustracje ; 24 cm.
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Consecutive Interpreting: A Short Course provides a step-by-step guide to consecutive interpreting. This user-friendly coursebook tackles key skills such as presentation, analysis, note-taking and reformulation, as well as advanced market-related skills such as preparation for assignments, protocol and practical tips for working interpreters. Each chapter provides examples of the skill, as well as a variety of exercises to learn the skill both in isolation and then in combination with other skills. Including model answers, a glossary of terms and further reading suggestions, this is the essential coursebook for all students of consecutive interpreting as well as for interpreter-trainers looking for innovative ways of teaching consecutive interpreting.
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Bibliografia na stronach 251-256. Indeks.
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Zawiera: 1. Introduction -- What is consecutive interpreting? -- When is consecutive interpreting used? -- Who can be a consecutive interpreter? -- Why learn consecutive? -- Should we learn consecutive before simultaneous? -- How good is good enough? -- About this book -- How to use this book -- 2. Presentation -- Posture-- Delivery -- Practice -- Conclusion -- 3. Consecutive without notes -- A word about memory -- Chunking -- What you already know -- Narrative prompts -- Visual prompts -- Structural prompts -- Logical prompts -- Notes -- Conclusion -- Skills combining -- 4. Analysis -- Structural breakdown -- Mind maps -- Sections -- Mini-summaries -- Section diagrams -- Logical analysis -- Recognizing and splitting ideas -- Notes -- Skills combining -- 5. Preparation and practice -- Preparation -- Exam preparation -- Practice -- 6. Note-taking-- Abbreviations -- Ideas -- Clauses -- Verticality -- Links -- Symbols -- Values (more and less important)-- What language to note in -- Skills combining -- 7. Noting less -- Memory prompts -- Things in front of you -- Obvious in context -- Obvious from the structure of the notes -- 8. Reformulation -- What is reformulation? -- Why reformulate? -- How to reformulate -- How does consecutive facilitate reformulation? -- 9. Effort management in consecutive -- What is effort? -- Preemptive effort management -- Directionality -- Notes as an effort management tool -- Part II -- 10. Advanced presentation -- Differences between interpreting and speaking -- Style -- Preparing for a real meeting room -- Looking at your audience -- Notes as stage direction -- 11. Advanced Analysis -- Types of speech -- Speech analysis in the media -- Structure maps -- Echos -- Rhetorical devices -- 12. Advanced -- preparation -- Practice -- The situation -- Preparing the content -- 13. Protocol and practicalities -- Dress code -- Interpreting equipment -- Survival equipment -- What to do when you arrive on site -- During the speech and after -- Tips from other authors -- 14. Digitally-assisted consecutive -- Simultaneous consecutive -- Note-taking on a tablet computer -- Real-time transcription -- Pros and cons -- Appendix 1. Versions of the tasks set -- Chapter 2: Presentation -- Chapter 3: Memory -- Chapter 4: Analysis -- Chapter 6: Note-taking -- Chapter 11: Advanced analysis -- Chapter 12: Advanced preparation -- Appendix 2. Memory techniques -- The memory palace -- Visual linking -- Appendix 3. The Example Speeches -- 1: Javid -- 2: Jobs -- 3: Lumumba -- 4: Ralston -- 5: Martin Harvey -- 6: Bishop -- 7: Sinofsky -- 8: Homden -- 9: Gonzales -- 10: Bett -- 11: Kyles -- 12: Obama -- 13: Asani -- 14: Barker -- 15: Haley -- 16: Romecki -- 17: Baird -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
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