Name: 【TEDx】More than words | Laura Burian, Miguel Garcia & Barry Olsen | TEDxMonterey
Uploaded: 2016-05-09T15:28:20.000Z
Duration: 11 min 1 s
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Barry Olsen: We are professors of translation and interpretation.

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Laura Burian: We're also practicing professional translators and interpreters,

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that it takes more than words to interpret from one language to another.

In fact, there's a misconception out there about translation and interpretation.

Many people just call both of them, erroneously, translation.

LB: Here at TEDxMonterey, we have a pretty special situation

in that our students of conference interpretation

are in booths in the back of the auditorium

providing simultaneous interpretation of everything being said on stage

German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, and Spanish,

BO: Interpreters work in two different modes:

and we're going to have you watch our interpreter, Mr. Miguel Garcia,

as he interprets what I say in Spanish into English,

Simultaneous interpretation will pause for this demonstration.

el intérprete escucha al orador y luego toma notas.

El orador termina y luego el intérprete dice en el otro idioma

Pero, fíjense en las notas que él está tomando.

No son como las notas que nosotros usamos para la memoria a largo plazo.

que solo sirve para anotar palabras especificas.

para concentrarse en el flujo de las ideas del orador.

Y luego, él usa su memoria a corto plazo junto con sus notas

para poder interpretar al otro idioma lo que ha dicho el orador.

cientos de horas de formación y de practica para hacerlo bien.

the interpreter first listens to the speaker as he delivers his speech

then the interpreter uses these notes and what he heard

However, if you look at the notes that are here on the board,

you see that these notes are different from

the notes that one would take, for example, for long-term memory,

or the kinds of notes that we take for stenography for example,

to concentrate on the flow of ideas that he is hearing,

and then he uses his short-term memory with the notes

as an aid to interpret into the other language.

but the interpreters need hundreds of hours of training and practice

(Voiceover interpreting Chinese into English)

Thank you for demonstrating what consecutive interpretation is.

Now I would like to talk about simultaneous interpretation

which is very important to many international organizations

many speeches need to be interpreted into in multiple languages.

now I'm speaking in Chinese instead of English,

Of course, I am not a man, my interpreter is a guy.

He is interpreting my Chinese speech into English,

are interpreting from his English into French and Korean.

Sometimes people think that being bilingual is enough,

First of all, you must have a lot of background knowledge

and second, you must be a good multitasker.

Because interpreters are continuously listening

understanding the speaker's intended meaning

and then redelivering the message into their targeted languages.

and checking to be sure that the interpretation is correct.

Many people believe they are good multitaskers,

but think of how many multitaskers have caused car accidents.

It is impossible for them to send short text messages while driving.

Fortunately, our interpretation booths don't have wheels,