Note-taking

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Unit 4 Note-Taking Analysis

• Consecutive Interpreting in English
• Discussion Questions

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Unit 4 Note-taking Analysis

• How does note-taking help reduce the
  interpreters memory load?

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Q 1 How does note-taking help reduce the
interpreters memory load?

• Note-taking reduces the cognitive load on memory
  in two ways
• First, The process of taking notes helps the
  interpreter to analyze the message and better
  understand it.
• Second, the notes themselves serve as external
  record of some parts of the message.
• The notes are likely to be created in a manner
  that may be intelligible only to the interpreter
  who created the notes and only for a short time.

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Unit 4 Note-taking Analysis

• 2. Why is analysis important to the
  interpretation process?

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Q 2 Why is analysis important to the
interpretation process?

• Analysis allows you to understand the meaning of
  the source message as best you can with your
  current resources and skill level.
• You must understand the source message before you
  can interpret.
• The most basic level of analysis occurs when you
  consider the source language text to get the gist
  or overall meaning.
• The text can be viewed as a whole, a grouping of
  ideas or sentences, and groupings of words.

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Unit 4 Note-taking Analysis

• 3. What are temporal relationships and why are
  they important?

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Q. 3 What are temporal relationships and why
are they important?

• 3. Temporal relationships describe the
  relationships between events as they occur in
  time. When you are aware of the importance of
  temporal relationships your analysis of the
  message can be more accurate.

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Unit 4 Note-taking Analysis

• 4. What are spatial relationships and why are
  they important?

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Q. 4 What are spatial relationships and why are
they important?

• Spatial relationships allow for two different
  possibilities.
• Nida and Tabor (1982) say that One is between
  objects such as a house and a tree, and the other
  is the spatial relationship between the viewer
  and other objects. Spatial relationships point
  out the importance of the point of view that the
  text follows.
• Who is speaking and where that speaker is in
  relation to the things being talked about.
• Spatial relations are especially important in
  visual languages like American Sign Language
  (ASL).

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Unit 4 Note-taking Analysis

• 5. What are logical relations and why are they
  important?

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Q. What are logical relations and why are they
important?

• Logical relations refer to cause and effect or
  condition and consequence.
• Languages may differ in how they arrange cause
  and effect clauses such as the if-then clause in
  English.
• During interpretation you must keep temporal,
  spatial, and logical relationships in mind as you
  work.
• Taking notes help you remember the logical
  relationships.