Danica Seleskovitch’s Model of the Interpreting Process (1978)
- Merging elements of linguistic meaning with extra-linguistic knowledge to obtain sense
- Deverbalizing that sense as it emerges
- Spontaneously expressing this sense linguistically
Dennis Cokely’s Sociolinguistic Model of Processing (1992)
- Message Reception
- Preliminary Processing
- Short-term Message Retention
- Semantic Intent Realization (comprehension)
- Cross-linguistic and cross-cultural consideration
- Syntactic Message Formulation
- Message Production
Debra Russell’s Meaning-Based Model (2002)
- Assess Contextual Factors & Monitor Process
- Comprehend Source Language Message
- Apply Contextual and Linguistic Schema
- Formulate/Rehearse Equivalent Message
- Produce Target Language Interpretation
- Assess Contextual Factors & Monitor Process
Ten-Step Discourse Analysis Process (Anna Witter-Merithew, 2002)
- Prediction
- View and Recall
- Content Mapping
- Salient Linguistic Features
- Abstraction
- Retelling in Source Language
- Salient Linguistic Features in Target Language
- Visualization Mapping
- Retell in Target Language
- Interpretation
Betty Colonomos’s Depth of Processing Model (1989)
(note: this is not a process model, i.e., it doesn’t show the process; rather, it diagrams levels of how deeply an interpreter might dissect the source message)
Lexical: Word, idiom
Phrasal: Phrase
Sentential: Sentence or complete thought
Textual/Semantic: Entire text, including the goal, structure, genre, and affect
Lexical:
Word, idiom
Phrasal:
Phrase
Sentential:
Sentence or complete thought
Textual/Semantic:
Entire text, including the goal, structure, genre, and affect
Gish Processing Model
Synonyms: Gish approach to information processing, top-down processing,
goal-to-detail processing, interpreting at the discourse level.
The Gish model, based on work by Sandra Gish, suggests that we approach a message to interpret by focusing on the main points, then considering how the sub points fit in, and then finally the details as possible.
Sometimes this is also discussed as interpreting on the discourse level as much as possible, meaning you interpret what a whole paragraph or more means rather than what individual sentences, phrases or words mean.
