CH10

Question 1

Physical interpreter requirements

Answer 1

ability to see/hear(depending on language mode) utterances, mental focus, and patience

Question 2

Cognitive interpreter requirements

Answer 2

cloze skills in asl and english, extract meaning, store connect and retrieve info

Question 3

What are the 5 steps of interpreting?

Answer 3

• Take in source language
• Identify deep structure meaning
• Apply contextual/schema screen
• Formulate/rehearse target language
• Produce Interpretation

Question 4

Interpreting process step 1 expansion

Answer 4

intake of the source language utterance while maintain awareness of environmental factors

Question 5

Interpreting process step 2 expansion

Answer 5

grouping lexical and semantic parts into workable units and holding them in the forefront until there is enough input to make sense

Question 6

Interpreting process step 3 expansion

Answer 6

identify the speaker’s intent and goal (including explicit and implied ideas) while assessing all contextual factors before and during interpreting

Question 7

Interpreting process step 4 expansion

Answer 7

the conscious and deliberate discarding of source language lexical units and communication behaviors to mediate better language equivalency (purposeful omissions)

Question 8

Interpreting process step 5 expansion

Answer 8

identify the schema and experimental frame of participants, making a search for cultural equivalents where necessary while producing the message in the target prosody

Question 9

Define linguistic competence in the Target Language

Answer 9

Bilingual Finesse, including a mastery of a wide range of lexicon, registers, and discourse information