CHAPTER 7: The Work Of Interpreters

Question 1

L2 or B-language

Answer 1

Refers to your second language, one acquired by living in a country where the language is spoken, by interacting frequently with people using that language, or by studying the language formally.

Question 2

Source Language

Answer 2

The language in which the original message is conveyed.

Question 3

Target Language

Answer 3

The language into which the original message is interpreted.

Question 4

Processing Time

Answer 4

The time used by the interpreter to analyze the source language utterance and to make cultural and linguistic adjustments before producing an equivalent message in the target language.

Question 5

Transliteration

Answer 5

The transition of a message of a message from the frozen form of one language into the frozen form of another language.

Question 6

Sight Translations

Answer 6

Changing a message from a frozen form in one language into spoken or signed form of another language

Question 7

T or F

Transliteration is significantly harder than interpretation.

Answer 7

False.

Transliteration is inherently easier than interpretation simply because there is no change in languages.

Question 8

L1 or A-language

Answer 8

This is usually the language your parents speak; the language in which you are most fluent.

Question 9

L3 or C-language

Answer 9

A language one can manage to comprehend what is being spoke/signed, however the individual speaks/signs with a heavy accent, improper grammatical structure and frequent semantic errors.

Question 10

Modality

Answer 10

Refers to the channel through which a message is expressed, specifically aural/oral or visual/gestural.