Complete sentences or bullet points? The impact of lexical density and visual clarity on simultaneous interpreting

Diplôme Master Complete sentences or bullet points? The impact of lexical density and visual clarity on simultaneous interpreting eng 2022 author Horsford Stephanie Ann 921757 director Seeber Kilian 0000-0002-7903-6246 513613 <p>Despite the ubiquity of multimedia slide presentations in settings where Simultaneous Interpretation (SI) is required, there is limited research about their impact on the process of simultaneous interpreting. This thesis replicates a previous study exploring how visual clarity and lexical density affects simultaneous interpreters' fluency. In this study, student interpreters work with two different versions of slide presentations. The fluency and accuracy of their interpretations was assessed. The NASA TLX and an open-ended questionnaire were also administered. On average, interpretations of speeches that were accompanied by slides with higher lexical density and higher visual clarity led to increased disfluency, confirming results of previous studies, as well as increased accuracy and increased perceived load. This suggests that information displayed in bullet point style format is more difficult for simultaneous interpreters to process. This builds on previous studies indicating that audiences interact with slides presentations very differently from simultaneous interpreters.</p> Lexical density Visual clarity Slide presentations Simultaneous interpretation Accuracy Fluency Perceived load Dewey 418.02 Maîtrise universitaire en interprétation de conférence 113 Département d'interprétation 93 false 1e4637c5-3809-472e-bf49-8584f1f90e17 Master thesis Public Stephanie_Horsford_MA_Thesis.pdf 2089886 application/pdf openAccess Faculté de traduction et d'interprétation / Département d'interprétation

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