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Advanced Method To Practice STM

The document discusses advanced methods for enhancing short-term memory in interpreting, including retelling the source text in the original language. It describes four tactics for retelling: 1) Categorization, which involves grouping items with similar properties to help interpreters understand relationships; 2) Generalization, which draws broad conclusions to summarize long or specific speeches; 3) Comparison, which notices differences and similarities between objects to categorize them; and 4) Description, which allows interpreters to modify minor details when describing objects to make the interpretation more vivid.

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Advanced Method To Practice STM

The document discusses advanced methods for enhancing short-term memory in interpreting, including retelling the source text in the original language. It describes four tactics for retelling: 1) Categorization, which involves grouping items with similar properties to help interpreters understand relationships; 2) Generalization, which draws broad conclusions to summarize long or specific speeches; 3) Comparison, which notices differences and similarities between objects to categorize them; and 4) Description, which allows interpreters to modify minor details when describing objects to make the interpretation more vivid.

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USING SHORT-TERM MEMORY IN INTERPRETING

II.

Advanced methods for STM enhancement

II.1. Retelling in source language


Purpose: trainees listen, retain and retell the text in the same words of the original to the largest
possible extent.
Process: instructor either reads or plays a recording of a text of about 200 words
Tactics
II.1.1. Categorization
Grouping items of the same properties to help interpreters find out the link/ relation between
items and the logical order or sequence which are needed to remember easier.

II.1.2. Generalization

If speakers speak too long, too specific, it may causes information loss of interpreters. This
technique is applied to draw general conclusions from particular examples or messages but still
convey full meaning.
Such omission can be permitted when received information is well-known or repeated.
Generalization is needed to sum up the ideas or speech delivered by speaker.

II.1.3. Comparison
When speaker lists some objects in detailed, interpreters may find it difficult to follow.
Comparison technique is suggested. Interpreters should notice differences and similarities

between different things, facts, and events to help STM distinguish the features of separated
objects and rearrange these objects into categories.

II.1.4. Description
It is very hard for interpreters to use STM to passively encode source-language description
without adding or modifying some minor details.
In other words, interpreters should use this technique in describing a scene, a shape, or size of an
object and the usage of their own words in such tasks is encouraged to make the interpretation
more vivid and persuasive.

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