口译5

Business English Interpreting
Lesson Five
Lectured by Wang Xiaoxiang
Unit 2: Business Social Interaction(商 Interaction(商 务社交) 务社交) Task 2-1 Memory in Interpreting (1): 2NoteNote-Taking
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Now let’s look at the following example. Please take notes and interpret it. 第三产业已成为外商在穗投资的新热点。 去年，新批第三产业项目1037个，吸收外 去年，新批第三产业项目1037个，吸收外 资44.4亿美元，外商投资已从工业扩大的 44.4亿美元，外商投资已从工业扩大的 到金融、保险、房地产、商业、娱乐、教 育和保健等领域。
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b. Comparison with dictation In dictation, students are requiБайду номын сангаасed to take down what the teacher says including every word am the correct use of every punctuation mark. In dictation, the teacher usually reads at a slow speed, and it is quite often that he/she reads more than twice so as to provide enough time for them to proofread what they take down. However, interpreting note-taking sets a high demand on speed. It does not noterequire every bits of information to be recorded. You may use symbols to stand for some words, for example, “ ” or ? for question or problem. In your training of note-taking in interpreting, you noteshould slow down your speed and avoid adopting the methods used in dictation. From the beginning, you should learn how to follow the speech at a normal speed. You might not be accustomed to such method at first, but with time passing by, you will definitely master the way to follow the speech at a normal speed.
c. How to take notes As for how to take notes, it is very much a question of personal preference. However, there are some general guidelines to follow. 1. Take the Notes in Columns Usually, interpreters prefer to takes notes vertically（垂直地）so vertically（垂直地）so as to break up the sentence into sense units for easy digestion. In addition, vertical notes leave enough margin （空白）and （空白）and space between lines in order to insert markers such as arrows and other meaningful symbols that help imply the relations among what is noted down.
B. Characteristics of interpreting note-taking notea. Comparison with classroom note-taking noteDifferent purposes In class, students often take own the main points taught by the teacher, especially the knowledge which does not appear in the textbook. In so doing, students often find it convenient to review what has been learnt. For some students, they take notes in class merely for the purpose of passing the exam. However, interpreting note-taking only aims at taking down the notegeneral idea of a speech to ensure the smooth process of interpreting.
Different time requirement Different purposes bring about the differences in time preservation between classroom and interpreting note-taking. noteNotes taken in class are often kept for a long time so as to help students to consolidate what has been learnt, therefore, they should be as specific and clear as possible. On the contrary, notes in interpreting are only used for current use instead of being kept for a year, a month, a day or even an hour. Because the words you heard just now may leave a deep impression on your mind, it is not necessary to write down the whole text. It is enough for you to use simple symbols so long as it reminds you of the information concerned.
Different methods Different purposes and time requirements result in differences in methods between the two kinds of note-taking. When you take notes notein interpreting, you may only jot down some key words and expressions together with some symbols or arrows which might be exclusively understandable to you. While in class, the teacher often cites examples when explaining a new word and repeat the examples so as for students to record them completely.
A. The importance of note-taking in interpreting noteAs the Chinese saying goes, “The worst pen is better than the best memory.” (好记性不如赖笔头) . Note-taking is one of the most (好记性不如赖笔头) Noteimportant skills that an interpreter should have. Whether the consecutive interpreting in a formal negotiation and conference is successful or not is to a large extent dependent upon whether notenote-taking is good or bad. As is known to all, it is rather difficult to memorize a speech, and so very few people are able to achieve this. Sometimes a paragraph may last several minutes, and often contains numerals and proper names. To solely depend rely on the memory of brain is far from enough if you want to convey the idea of a speaker accurately, completely and swiftly. Therefore, compared with other interpreting skills, note-taking is one of the notebasic skills in consecutive interpreting.