Text availability and the speaker's visibility in simultaneous interpreting: effects on the process, product, and interpreters' perceptions.
The input condition in simultaneous interpreting (SI) varies in practice, yet the effects of different input modalities on SI still remain largely unknown. To that end, text availability and the speaker's visibility, two typical sources of multimodal input, were chosen to explore the effects of inpu...
| Published in: | Perspectives: Studies in Translatology Vol. 34; no. 3; pp. 613 - 631 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=194805374&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 194805374 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 0907676X S2F jtl: Perspectives: Studies in Translatology issn: 0907676X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2026 vid: 34 iid: 3 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 194805374 10.1080/0907676X.2024.2414477 ppf: 613 ppct: 18 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 783KB tig: atl: Text availability and the speaker's visibility in simultaneous interpreting: effects on the process, product, and interpreters' perceptions. aug: au: Peng, Xuejiao Wang, Xiangling Chen, Guangjiao affil: College of Foreign Languages, Hunan University, Changsha, People's Republic of China su: Translating & interpreting Multimodal user interfaces Statistical accuracy Translators sug: subj: Translating & interpreting Multimodal user interfaces Statistical accuracy Translators keyword: input modality multimodal processing Simultaneous interpreting speaker's visibility text availability ab: The input condition in simultaneous interpreting (SI) varies in practice, yet the effects of different input modalities on SI still remain largely unknown. To that end, text availability and the speaker's visibility, two typical sources of multimodal input, were chosen to explore the effects of input modality on the SI process (fluency), product (accuracy), and interpreters' perceptions. Data were collected from thirty student interpreters performing four comparable speeches from English to Chinese in four different conditions: audio-only, audio-video (speaker visible), audio-text (verbatim text available), and audio-video-text (speaker visible and verbatim text available). The results from analyzing audio recordings, questionnaires, and interview data showed that the increase in redundant information did not deteriorate the interpreting fluency and accuracy. Input modality had a significant effect on SI, with text availability significantly facilitating source language comprehension and target language production at the global level. However, text availability also introduced challenges in ear-eye-voice coordination at the local level. Additionally, the speaker's visibility performed a supplementary function by promoting engagement and providing paralinguistic cues that facilitate communication. Individual differences existed in interpreters' perceptions under different input conditions, with different challenges reported. These findings expand our understandings of multimodal processing in SI. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Perspectives: Studies in Translatology is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Perspectives: Studies in Translatology holder: Taylor & Francis Ltd dt: @attributes: year: 2026 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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