Consecutive Interpreting Flashcards

During consecutive interpreting, when should an interpreter begin rendering the target language message?

Answer: After the source speaker has completed a meaningful unit or full turn

Consecutive interpreting requires the interpreter to wait until the speaker completes a meaningful chunk or turn before rendering the message in the target language.

Which note-taking symbol system is most commonly recommended for consecutive interpreters working between English and ASL?

Answer: A personalized shorthand system developed by the interpreter

Consecutive interpreters are advised to develop a personalized shorthand system that captures meaning, concepts, and relationships rather than verbatim text.

In a CASLI consecutive interpreting assessment, what does the rater primarily evaluate in the target-language production?

Answer: Completeness, accuracy, and target-language equivalence of the rendered message

CASLI raters focus on how completely and accurately the interpreter conveys the source message's meaning in an equivalent target-language form.

An interpreter is rendering a long legal narrative consecutively. Midway through recall, they realize they have omitted a key condition clause. The best response is to:

Answer: Stop, repair the omission by inserting the clause with a brief clarification

Professional practice supports self-monitoring and transparent repair of omissions mid-rendition to preserve message fidelity.

What cognitive process allows consecutive interpreters to hold source language content in memory while simultaneously planning the target language output?

Answer: Working memory, including both storage and processing components

Working memory enables the interpreter to retain and manipulate source-language information while planning and producing the target-language message.

Which scenario best illustrates an appropriate use of consecutive interpreting in a Deaf-hearing interaction?

Answer: A brief medical intake interview where the Deaf patient and clinician take turns speaking

Short, turn-based conversations such as medical intake interviews are ideally suited to consecutive interpreting because each party naturally pauses between turns.

When an ASL source speaker uses a long constructed dialogue with multiple role-shifts, a consecutive interpreter should:

Answer: Preserve the perspectival shifts and character voices in the English rendition

Maintaining the constructed dialogue's role-shifts and perspectives is essential to an accurate consecutive interpretation that preserves the speaker's rhetorical intent.