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Comprehension of television news signed language interpreters: A South African perspective 电视新闻手语翻译的理解:一个南非人的视角

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Interpreting Pub Date : 2015-01-01 DOI: 10.1075/INTP.17.2.03WEH

Ella Wehrmeyer

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引用次数: 17

Developing an analytic scale for assessing undergraduate students’ consecutive interpreting performances 编制大学生交替传译成绩分析量表

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Interpreting Pub Date : 2015-01-01 DOI: 10.1075/INTP.17.2.04LEE

Sang-Bin Lee

引用次数: 45

The role of advance preparation in simultaneous interpreting: A comparison of professional interpreters and interpreting students 预先准备在同声传译中的作用:专业口译员与口译学生的比较

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Interpreting Pub Date : 2015-01-01 DOI: 10.1075/INTP.17.1.01DIA

Stephanie Díaz-Galaz, Presentacion Padilla, M. Bajo

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引用次数: 56

Scapegoating the interpreter for listeners’ dissatisfaction with their level of understanding: An experimental study 为听者对其理解水平的不满找替罪羔羊:一项实验研究

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Interpreting Pub Date : 2015-01-01 DOI: 10.1075/INTP.17.1.03CHE

A. Cheung

{"title":"Scapegoating the interpreter for listeners’ dissatisfaction with their level of understanding: An experimental study","authors":"A. Cheung","doi":"10.1075/INTP.17.1.03CHE","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/INTP.17.1.03CHE","url":null,"abstract":"Anecdotes abound on interpreters being used as scapegoats, but without hard evidence. The purpose of this study was to observe whether Cantonese-speaking listeners blamed the interpreter for unsatisfactory scores awarded to them in a comprehension test, after listening to a simultaneous interpretation (SI) into Cantonese delivered with a non-native accent. After answering twenty comprehension questions, all 173 participants were shown their scores on a screen. In the neutral feedback group, participants viewed their real, unmanipulated scores. In the positive feedback group, two points had been added to the score; in the negative feedback group, two points had been deducted. Participants were unaware of this manipulation. After viewing their scores, they completed an electronic questionnaire on the quality of the SI. Between-groups comparisons showed that, in terms of SI quality perception, the neutral feedback group differed significantly from the negative feedback group but not from the positive feedback group. These findings suggest that participants in the negative feedback group attributed their unfavorable test results to the interpreter, who was treated as a scapegoat.","PeriodicalId":51746,"journal":{"name":"Interpreting","volume":"17 1","pages":"46-63"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1075/INTP.17.1.03CHE","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"58676580","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 13

Evaluation of court interpreting A case study of metadiscourse in interpreter-mediated expert witness examinations 法庭口译的评价——以口译员调解的专家证人审查中的元话语为例

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Interpreting Pub Date : 2015-01-01 DOI: 10.1075/INTP.17.2.02LEE

Jieun Lee

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引用次数: 8

Christina Schäffner, Krzysztof Kredens and Yvonne Fowler (Eds). Interpreting in a changing landscape: Selected papers from Critical Link 6. Christina Schäffner, krzysztofkredens和Yvonne Fowler(编辑)。口译在不断变化的景观:选自关键环节6。

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Interpreting Pub Date : 2015-01-01 DOI: 10.1075/INTP.17.1.09ROB

R. P. Roberts

引用次数: 11

Peter Llewellyn-Jones and Robert G. Lee. Redefining the role of the community interpreter: The concept of “role-space”. Peter Llewellyn-Jones和Robert G. Lee。重新定义社区口译员的角色:“角色空间”的概念。

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Interpreting Pub Date : 2015-01-01 DOI: 10.1075/INTP.17.2.06MIK

H. Mikkelson

引用次数: 0

Investigating rater severity/leniency in interpreter performance testing: A multifaceted Rasch measurement approach. 调查解释器性能测试的严重性/宽容度:多方面的Rasch测量方法。

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Interpreting Pub Date : 2015-01-01 DOI: 10.1075/INTP.17.2.05HAN

Chao Han

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引用次数: 44

Court interpreting and classical rhetoric: Ethos in interpreter-mediated monological discourse 法庭口译与古典修辞学:口译员介导的一元话语中的精神气质

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Interpreting Pub Date : 2015-01-01 DOI: 10.1075/INTP.17.1.04GAL

Emmanuelle Gallez, A. Reynders

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引用次数: 6

Sandra Hale and Jemina Napier. Research methods in interpreting: A practical resource. 桑德拉·黑尔和杰米娜·纳皮尔。口译研究方法:实用资源。

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Interpreting Pub Date : 2015-01-01 DOI: 10.1075/INTP.17.1.06SEE

Kilian G. Seeber

引用次数: 1