Coping with speed: An experimental study on expert and novice interpreter performance in the simultaneous interpreting of scientific discourse

Article Article scientifique Article Coping with speed: An experimental study on expert and novice interpreter performance in the simultaneous interpreting of scientific discourse eng 2019 author Ruiz Rosendo Lucia 738297 author Galvan Maria Cécilia 778868 1-25 10.1075/babel.00081.rui 0521-9744 This article presents an experimental study that compares six expert and eleven novice interpreters in order to assess the effect of moderate and high delivery rates on the simultaneous interpreting of specialised discourse. The dependent variables were EVS and target speech accuracy. The participants interpreted one medical speech from English into Spanish divided into three parts: the first and third parts were delivered at a moderate delivery rate and the second at a high delivery rate. Twelve segments were selected from the original speech and evaluated by five independent raters (two interpreters and three medical doctors) in terms of accuracy. The findings indicate that a high delivery rate has not a significant impact on EVS, and no statistically significant differences between the EVS of the two groups of interpreters were found. The results also show that a high delivery rate has an impact on target speech accuracy in that both novices and experts perform better at a moderate delivery rate. Delivery rate Simultaneous interpreting Scientific discourse EVS Target speech accuracy. Dewey 418.02 113 Département d'interprétation 93 false Babel 65 1 3cb239e2-d5e8-423f-a740-e32e6c9c73f0 Article (Published version) Restricted RuizRosendo_Galvan_Babel.pdf 621596 application/pdf restrictedAccess Faculté de traduction et d'interprétation / Département d'interprétation

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