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PDF version of my presentation as a Distinguished Speaker at the 50th ATA Conference in NY.
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Unlocking the Booth
Ewandro Magalhães, MACI
Interpreters’ Tactics and SecretsRevealed
Father to actress Simone Signoret
Father of Simultaneous Interpreting
Hour-long speeches, w/o notes
Able to memorize and recite a full page of a
telephone book
Minute
Uncomfortable
Stuffy
Mispositioned
Poor sound proofing
Shared space
Very tense environment
Simultaneousness Impersonality Invisibility Infallibility Technical determinism Self-sufficiency Indispensibility
What if I draw a blank ?
What if I don’t understand ?
What if I say something wrong ?
What if I get it wrong ?
Dr. Michael Edelstein Albert Ellis (Brief Therapy)
Feelings are created by thought
Belief system – expectations dictate results
Irrational beliefs lead to disproportionateanxiety
Probability x Possibility
Demands x preferences
Types of demands:
1. On oneself2. On somebody else3. On the world
“My life has been full of terrible
misfortunes, most of which
never happened.”
- Michel de Montaigne
Anger Need of approval / Reassurance Avoidance Vanity Fear Compassion
Discover your passion
Recover your passion
Remind yourself often
It’s a communications business
Intermediary
InterlocutorSource
Become interested
Build rapport
Show your curiosity
Apologize, if needed
Ask questions, if needed
Offer and receive help
Engage in conversation
Be discrete
But be yourself
A ctivating event
B elief
C onsequence
D ispute belief
E ffective thinking
F eeling
A – I’m about to go into the booth.
B – I’ll be watched and listened to by hundreds of people. Ican’t fail. I can’t blank out. I must perform to expectation. Imust be perfect. I musn’t forget anything. I must remaincalm. I gotta be sure everything’s gonna be fine.
C – ANXIETY PANIC. Shame and humilliation. Fear ofridicule. The end of my career before it even starts.
D – Wait a minute. Who says I can’t make a mistake? Andwho says they are all there to check on me? Besides, whatis the Law of the Universe that says that I must be sure ofanything? Who says I must be perfect?
E – I prefer to believe that I’ll do well in the booth. But if thisis not so, it will not be the end of the world. I’ve mademistakes in the past and survived. Besides, my job is tostrive for excellence, not perfection. It would be great tohave every assurance in life, but this is simply not the wayit is.
F – Aprehension, not panic. Confidence enough to at leastenter the booth and start.
Comprehension Tactics
Preventive Tactics
Reformulation Tactics
Basic Concepts and Models for Interpreterand Translator Training, Benjamins, 1995.
Delaying the response
Reconstructing from context
Using boothmate’s help
Consulting documents in the booth
Taking notes
Changing the Ear-Voice-Span
Segmentation
Changing the order of enumeration
Delaying the response
Reconstructing from context
Using boothmate’s help
Consulting documents in the booth
Replacing a segment with a ‘superordinate’
Explaining of paraphrasing
Reproducing the sound, as heard
Instant Naturalization
Transcoding
Informing delegates of a problem in interp.
Referring delegates to another info source
Omitting the information
Parallel reformulation
Switching off the mike
Keeping a term in the original
Enlisting the help of participants