NIC Interpreting & Transliterating Skills 5

Question 1

What does the term 'register' refer to in the context of ASL interpreting?

Accepted Answer

The level of formality, style, and vocabulary choices appropriate to a given communication context

Answer

Register encompasses the formality level and stylistic choices an interpreter makes to match the tone and context of the source message.

Question 2

A Deaf consumer's ASL incorporates heavy use of constructed action (role-shifting). When voicing this into English, the interpreter should:

Accepted Answer

Use direct quotes and shift vocal quality or pacing to convey the different characters and actions the Deaf person enacts

Answer

Constructed action conveys dialogue and perspective; voicing interpreters should use direct speech and vocal variation to mirror this richness.

Question 3

Which of the following is an example of a false cognate challenge in ASL-to-English interpreting?

Accepted Answer

A sign that looks like an initialized sign but has a completely different meaning

Answer

False cognates in ASL interpreting occur when a sign's visual form suggests one English meaning but the intended meaning is different.

Question 4

An interpreter working in a mental health setting is asked by the clinician to share their personal impressions of the Deaf client's mental state. The interpreter should:

Accepted Answer

Decline and explain that their role is to interpret, not to offer clinical assessments

Answer

Interpreters must maintain role boundaries; offering clinical impressions exceeds the interpreter role and can harm the consumer.

Question 5

When an interpreter uses the technique of 'chunking' during simultaneous interpreting, they are:

Accepted Answer

Grouping meaningful units of the source message together before rendering them as cohesive target-language segments

Answer

Chunking involves processing and rendering meaningful semantic units together, improving fluency and accuracy in simultaneous interpreting.

(NIC) National Interpreter Certification Practice Test

(NIC) National Interpreter Certification Practice Test

NIC Interpreting & Transliterating Skills 5