Consecutive Interpreting

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Consecutive Interpreting Trumps Simultaneous
Interpreting In Legal Translations Document
translation services are always catered to using
consecutive interpreting. Simultaneous
interpreting is not applicable because the
document is already authored, thereby signaling
that the event or correspondence is over. In
legal translations, simultaneous interpreting
has very little scope and is almost impossible in
most circumstances.

• Most translators and linguists agree that
  simultaneous interpreting is itself a misnomer, a
  wrong classification. A bilingual or
  multilingual professional will not be able to
  translate every word in real time. One has to
  wait till the end of the sentence or at least
  till the speaker pauses after a few words or
  phrases to compile what has been said, to
  understand and then to translate it to the
  required language. In contrast, consecutive
  interpreting happens after the speaker has
  delivered the speech or finished the talk. In a
  way, simultaneous interpreting considers
  fragments at a time while consecutive
  interpreting takes the whole content, uses notes
  and then translates in its entirety.
• Document translation services and legal
  translations rely heavily and almost entirely on
  consecutive interpreting. It clearly trumps
  simultaneous interpreting for many reasons.
• The first reason is obvious, convenience. Legal
  notes are still taken in shorthand in many parts
  of the world. There can be audio and even video
  recordings of the proceedings but shorthand does
  account for the immediate legal transcription or
  documentation of the proceedings. These notes are
  then used to draft the legal document. Then one
  would use document translation services to have
  the legal transcript in a desired language. This
  entire process is complex and cannot be done in
  real time using simultaneous interpreting. That
  is while letting aside the fact that
  simultaneous interpreting is still not
  stringently a real time operation.
• The second reason why consecutive interpreting is
  the only option for legal translations or legal
  document translation services is the linguistic
  complexity of what is said or conveyed. Law in
  most countries is heavily rooted in nativity and
  inspiration. The native language, culture and
  colloquialism including social and cultural
  realities have played the role in chalking the
  realm of law. Inspiration

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from other cultures and languages has also
influenced the terms, their use and
implications. This has complicated translation. A
standard legal document could very well be in
English with a generous dose of Latin terms or
Latin origin terms, Arabic phrases and French
legal jargon. Legal translations or legal
document translation services thus must be true
to the meaning and implication of such terms to
have an authentic translated text. That can only
happen with consecutive interpreting.
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