Note-Taking in Consecutive Interpreting: A Case of Arab Interpreters Across Arabic, English and Chinese Pairs.
This study investigates effective note-taking techniques NTTs in consecutive interpreting (CI), focusing on Arab interpreters working across Arabic-English, Arabic-Chinese, and English-Chinese language pairs. A mixed-method approach was used, combining quantitative data from a survey of 81 interpret...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Arabic-English Studies (IJAES) Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 39 - 69 |
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International Journal of Arabic-English Studies (IJAES)
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