The Effort Model (Gile, 1995)
Balance in the use of the
interpreter's mental
capacities for interpretation.
There is a division between
attention and memory effort
Processing Memory Model
(Craig & Lockhart,1972)
Semantic analysis is
carried in the deeper levels
of the model structure.
Deeper processing does
improve memorizarion,
thus some things are
better remembered.
The Role of Attention (Daró, 1989)
In SI, the interpreter's ability to
control, diverse and allocate his
attention on different parallel
activities like listening, analysis,
synthesis and production of
chunks.
Two levels of attention in SI
Reception of the chunk
(high level of attention)
Recodification of
the received chunk
(low level of
attention)
Communicative Function
Interpreter-audience
An oral text (SL) is decodified and reformulated in the TL.
CONSECUTIVE (CI)
SIMULTANEOUS (SI)
Seleskovitch's model (1978): 1)
Speaker's speech and
interpreter's speech are
simultaneously performed; 2)
Interpreter's listening and
speaker's speech are performed
simultaneously; 3) Interpreter's
listening and speech are
performed at the same time as
the speaker's speech; 4) Content
is delivered at the same time
COMPREHENSION
PHASE
MEMORY
a) UNITS OF SENSE: The
interpreter needs to store the
message and organize it into
content units. Memory is used
to process the contents of the
message. Usage of strategies.
b) PSYCHOLINGUISTIC RESEARCH:
construction of certain cognitive pegs as
a helping tool when analysing and
memorising the content of the text.
1980: The MAIN FOCUS:
the PROBLEM of the
organization of memory
and mental
structures.(INPUTS &
OUTPUTS)
COGNITIVE STRUCTURE:
1) Prose material is
encoded in a
hierarchically organized
format; 2) Prose
structures predict
comprehension; 3)
Comprehension change
the memory
representation.
TEXTLINGUISTICS:
considers the text
as a grammatical
and semantic unit.
COHESION
COHERENCE
ANALYSIS
MEANING OF THE TEXT
Analysis of its
content in order
to understant it.
Students' of
interpreting need to
create visual images
out of the information
supplied by the text and
relate it to previous
knowledge.
EXTERNAL FACTORS
1) Listening & Analysis of the SL chunck;
2) Memorizing it; 3) Reformulating
that chunk into the TL.