Jihong Wang

Simultaneous Interpreting from a Signed Language into a Spoken Language

Quality, Cognitive Overload, and Strategies

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines conference-level simultaneous interpreting from a signed language into a spoken language, drawing on data from Auslan (Australian Sign Language)-to-English interpretations to explore the skills, knowledge, strategies, and cognitive abilities needed for effective interpretation in this language direction.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780367416997
• ISBN-10: 0367416999
• Artikelnr.: 69983341

Autorenporträt

Jihong Wang is a lecturer in Chinese/English translation and interpreting at The University of Queensland, Australia. She completed a PhD thesis on the relationship between professional Auslan/English interpreters' working memory capacity and simultaneous interpreting performance. She conducts research on signed language interpreting, spoken language interpreting, cognitive aspects of interpreting, simultaneous interpreting, remote interpreting, machine interpreting, and sight translation.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Setting the Stage
Chapter 2: Overview
Chapter 3: Methodology
Chapter 4: Quality, Self-perceived Challenges, and Self-reported Strategies
Chapter 5: Processing Time Regarding Sentence Beginnings, Numbers, and
Negation
Chapter 6: Cognitive Overload and Coping Strategies Regarding Numbers
Chapter 7: Cognitive Overload and Coping Strategies Regarding End Negation
Chapter 8: Summary and Recommendations