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Abstract
This study was stimulated by several questions: What time lag is contained in the synchronicity of simultaneous interpretation? How do the linguistic characteristics of the language to be interpreted influence synchronicity? And in what is the interpreter’s strategy for achieving synchronicity in interpretation from Korean to other languages? To answer these questions, EVS measurements of Korean-Japanese and Korean-Chinese interpretation materials were analyzed. The results showed that in Korean-Chinese interpretation the interpreter begins the interpretation before a whole sentence is finished, and that in Korean-Japanese interpretation, the interpreter leaves a time lag before beginning the interpreted utterance. This study indicated that the information processing in simultaneous interpretation is not carried out through the characteristics of the language itself but the interpreter’s guessing based on unit of meaning and strategies accumulated by the interpreter through long experience.
Keywords/Mots-Clés:
- linguistic characteristics,
- interpretation strategy,
- synchronicity,
- EVS analysis,
- unit of meaning
Résumé
Une analyse comparative des résultats de l’estimation EVS d’une interprétation simultanée coréen-japonais, deux langues similaires au niveau syntaxique et d’une seconde coréenchinois dont les syntaxes sont différentes a permis d’étudier la corrélation entre les caractéristiques linguistiques et les stratégies d’interprétation : l’interprète qui a travaillé en coréen et chinois a adopté comme stratégie de suivre de très près l’orateur tandis que celui qui a travaillé en coréen et japonais a pris du temps avant de commencer son interprétation ne recourant pas uniquement à des repères grammaticaux. Ainsi, le processus de traitement de l’information au cours de l’interprétation simultanée ne repose pas sur les caractéristiques syntaxiques inhérentes aux langues mais sur l’unité de sens et se réalise avec succès par l’anticipation et par l’expérience acquise par l’interprète.
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