口译教程 U6

Last minute preparation • For organizational reasons, the conference documents are not always available before the conference. Sometimes, many documents are only available at the very last moment, yet a significant amount of knowledge acquisition may revolve around them. The interpreter should be ready to deal with the situation.
• B: We have already got very strong support from the international community, especially on the technical side. And on the domestic front, we recognize that making our people understand and raising their awareness is very important. So, common sense, health education and behavioral changes are the only way for people to avoid HIV infection.
Preparation in interpretation
Advanced Preparation • Before the meeting, the interpreter should ask the conference organizer to provide a full set of documents, which include the conference program, list of participants, background information about the conference, and most important, documents on the content of the conference (including drafts of papers to be read or presented, abstracts, etc.)
• 2. There is no such thing as a safe cigarette. This sentence can be put into Chinese as “专家说所有的香烟都是不安全的”， or “任何香烟都有害健康”.
6.5 艾滋病的防治
• • • • • • HIV/AIDS 受到感染 采取有效措施 预防 缺乏常识 有效药物
• B: Firstly, I think the government should improve our monitoring system, and secondly, NGOs should try their best to mobilize all the resources we can use to help the people, especially people at the grass roots and the rural areas, to let them know the terrible results of spreading the disease and how to prevent HIV/AIDS. I think we should do more advocacy work among the people.
Note-taking: Example 1
"Hungary has complained that its steel exports to the European Union are unable to develop because of excessively restrictive quotas. But the Union representative pointed out that quotas are still underused by Hungary by a large margin, so the quotas themselves didn't appear to be creating the difficulties" could be noted down as follows:
Note-taking (2)
The use of left-hand margin The left-hand margin is all-important, since in this section of the sheet the subjects of and the links between the sentences are to be noted. Some interpreters may choose to leave a lefthand margin of one to two centimeters for links only.
Lesson 6 Professional interpreters’ notes system
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • Overview of the lesson Section 1 Theory and skills Professional interpreters’ notes system Section 2 Skills practice 6.1 怎样建设世界一流大学？ 6.2 A brief introduction to APEC Section 3 Interpreting exercises 6.3 Eating problems begin in early childhood 6.4 International treaty on tobacco control 6.5 艾滋病的防治 Section 4 Get to know Preparation (I) Section 5 Bit by bit Don’t interpret compound nouns without real understanding
• Briefings are potentially a very useful part of advanced preparation. They are meetings organized for the interpreter, with the participation of the organizer and experts in the field. At the briefing, general information is given to the interpreter, who can ask specific questions, generally on concepts and terminology.
HU: steel experts cannot develop to EU because tariff quotas too restrictive _____ but EU: HU underuses a lot quotas so quotas not problem
• Vocabulary and reference translations for interpreting texts • 6.3 Eating problems begin in early childhood • irregular eating patterns • consistent under-eating • junk food • clues • dietitian • mimic • on a low-calorie diet • exert
HU complained—steel experts to EU can’t develop because too strict tariff quotas But EU rep—quotas underused by HU a lot So quotas not prob
Note-taking: Example 2
6.4 International treaty on tobacco control
• Framework Convention on Tobacco Control • The World Health Organization
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• 1. They must place controls on secondhand smoke, smoke from other people’s tobacco. This sentence can be put into “他们必须采 取措施减少公共场所被动吸烟”. There is no need to translate the later part “smoke from other people’s tobacco”.
• B: First, because of poverty, people lack education and information about the prevention of HIV/AIDS. Second, ignorance. People do not pay much attention to this problem. Third, they lack proper resources, things like training, money and information. According to reports, we still do not have an efficient medicine to cure HIV/AIDS.
• B: Well, in China, HIV/AIDS has become a very serious problem related to social development. There’ve been cases of people being accidentally infected with HIV/AIDS, through accepting polluted blood from hospitals, babies acquiring the disease from their mothers. Having improper sexual relationships. From the time we discovered the first AIDS patient in 1985, our country has entered a period of rapid development in AIDS infections. Experts estimate that more than 900,000 people had been infected with HIV by the end of last year. If we don’t take some efficient measures, this number will double by 2010.
be infected with take efficient measures prevention ignorant effective medicine
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take concrete measures 采取具体措施 curb the rapid spread of 控制……蔓延 监控系统 monitoring system 民间组织 NGOs (nongovernmental organizations) • 调动 mobilize • 基层 grass roots • 宣传 advocacy