Simplification in interpreting and translation

Kajzer-Wietrzny, Marta

doi:10.1556/084.2015.16.2.5

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“…Other factors of potential influence on the output of interpreting are the individual styles of interpreters (Besien and Meuleman, 2008) and interpreting strategies (Kajzer-Wietrzny, 2012). To examine whether individual difference contributes to the difference in MDD values, we conducted a comparison of outputs produced by different interpreters by taking the CI Treebank as an example.…”

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Dependency Distance Differences across Interpreting Types: Implications for Cognitive Demand

Liang

Fang

et al. 2017

Front. Psychol.

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Interpreting is generally recognized as a particularly demanding language processing task for the cognitive system. Dependency distance, the linear distance between two syntactically related words in a sentence, is an index of sentence complexity and is also able to reflect the cognitive constraints during various tasks. In the current research, we examine the difference in dependency distance among three interpreting types, namely, simultaneous interpreting, consecutive interpreting and read-out translated speech based on a treebank comprising these types of interpreting output texts with dependency annotation. Results show that different interpreting renditions yield different dependency distances, and consecutive interpreting texts entail the smallest dependency distance other than those of simultaneous interpreting and read-out translated speech, suggesting that consecutive interpreting bears heavier cognitive demands than simultaneous interpreting. The current research suggests for the first time that interpreting is an extremely demanding cognitive task that can further mediate the dependency distance of output sentences. Such findings may be due to the minimization of dependency distance under cognitive constraints.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Dependency Distance Differences across Interpreting Types: Implications for Cognitive Demand

Liang

Fang

et al. 2017

Front. Psychol.

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“…Similar contradictory results have also been reported in interpreting from Chinese into English: while Hu and Tao (2010) and Li and Wang (2012) identify simplification patterns of interpreted English in list heads and lexical density, the opposite trends have been reported in Chen and Cui (2010). In a similar vein, Kajzer-Wietrzny's (2012, 2015 comparable analysis also reports mixed patterns as regards interpreting, as interpreted English is found to be more lexically dense and informative, and at the same time more repetitive than non-interpretations. In comparison, translational English conforms to the simplification hypothesis in all three parameters (i.e., lexical density, core vocabulary, and list heads).…”

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confidence: 76%

“…In the current study, we focus on simplification features from three dimensions: lexical diversity, operationalized by standardized type-token ratio and list heads; informativeness, indexed by lexical density; and syntactic complexity, understood as average sentence length, following previous research traditions (e.g., Bernardini et al 2016;Kajzer-Wietrzny 2015;Laviosa 1998;Sandrelli and Bendazzoli 2005;Lü and Liang 2018). The reason for such a selection is straightforward, that is, to make a direct comparison with previous findings based on the much less investigated interpreting direction of Cantonese-to-English.…”

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Exploring genre variation and simplification in interpreted language from comparable and intermodal perspectives

2022

Babel

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This article explores genre variation and simplification in interpreted language from both comparable (interpreted vs. non-interpreted/non-mediated) and intermodal (interpreted vs. translated) perspectives. It draws on a newly built unidirectional comparable and intermodal corpus named the LegCo+, which features legislative proceedings in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (including originals and their translations and interpretations from Cantonese to English), as well as original plenary speeches delivered by native English speakers in the UK Parliament. It investigates the variation patterns of four simplification features in three dimensions, namely, standardized type-token ratio (STTR) and list heads for lexical diversity, lexical density for informativeness, and average sentence length for lexical sophistication. It aims to uncover the effects of mediation and genre, as well as their interaction effects on linguistic variation. The results indicate that texts of different mediation statuses and genre categories vary with respect to simplification patterns. From a comparable perspective, interpretations rely on a narrower range of vocabulary than non-interpretations, but they are also more informative, and such informativeness is dependent on genre categories. Intermodally speaking, interpretations exhibit consistent patterns of simplification, indicating a strong modality (or mode of mediation) effect.

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“…Interpreters used specific strategies in response to different contexts and target audience expectations. These strategies can be summarized into three primary categories: explicitation and In the existing literature, the concepts underpinning these strategies have been discussed across various interpreting modes and language pairs, such as explicitation/simplification (Gumul, 2006;Kajzer-Wietrzny, 2015;Bernardini et al, 2016;Tang and Li, 2016), emphasis/weakening (Pan, 2020;Gu and Wang, 2021), and visibility/ invisibility (Angelelli, 2004;Ren, 2010;Ozolins, 2016;Bartłomiejczyk, 2017). As such, these strategies are not entirely novel concepts.…”

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A corpus-based study of metadiscourse features in Chinese-English simultaneous interpreting

Ren,

Wang

2023

Front. Psychol.

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Metadiscourse markers have been observed to be frequently employed by simultaneous interpreters as interpreting strategies in the process of interpretation. However, the realm of inquiry into this phenomenon remains relatively underexplored. This study aims to rectify this gap by conducting a systematic analysis of metadiscourse features in the context of Chinese-English simultaneous interpreting. The analytical framework for this study is rooted in Hyland’s interpersonal model of metadiscourse. By comparing the frequency and distribution of various metadiscourse markers in the source language (Chinese), target language (English), and original English speeches in simultaneous interpreting events, the research seeks to offer a quantitative description, qualitative analysis, and explanation of the causes of these metadiscourse features. To facilitate this analysis, the authors have compiled a Chinese-English Simultaneous Interpreting Parallel Corpus and a Comparable Original English Corpus based on ten international economic conferences, totaling 161,068 tokens. The findings reveal significant differences in interlingual and intralingual comparisons. Professional interpreters demonstrate a strong awareness of metadiscourse by employing various “metadiscourse interpreting strategies,” including explicitation/simplification, emphasis/weakening, and visibility/invisibility. Moreover, interpreted English displays distinct metadiscourse features including explicitation of textual logic, objective modal tendency, and audience orientation, as compared to the original English speeches. The observed differences in the study can be attributed to a range of factors, including contextual factors, source language features, and the cognitive psychology of the interpreter. This study provides an in-depth analysis of metadiscourse characteristics in Chinese-English simultaneous interpreting, contributing to fine-grained inquiries into our understanding of the linguistic features of interpreted texts within the context of corpus-based interpreting studies.

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Simplification in interpreting and translation

Cited by 15 publications

References 8 publications

Dependency Distance Differences across Interpreting Types: Implications for Cognitive Demand

Dependency Distance Differences across Interpreting Types: Implications for Cognitive Demand

Exploring genre variation and simplification in interpreted language from comparable and intermodal perspectives

A corpus-based study of metadiscourse features in Chinese-English simultaneous interpreting

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