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Note-taking for Consecutive Interpreting: A Short Course is the essential step-by-step guide to the skill of note-taking. The system, made up of a range of tried and tested techniques, is simple to learn, consistent and efficient. Each chapter presents a technique, with examples, tasks and exercises. This second edition has been extensively revised throughout, including:
The author uses English throughout - explaining how and where to locate material for other languages - thus providing a sound base for all those working in the areas of conference interpreting and consecutive interpreting in any language combination. This user-friendly guide is a particularly valuable resource for student interpreters, professionals looking to refresh their skills, and interpreter trainers looking for innovative ways of approaching note-taking.
Show moreNote-taking for Consecutive Interpreting: A Short Course is the essential step-by-step guide to the skill of note-taking. The system, made up of a range of tried and tested techniques, is simple to learn, consistent and efficient. Each chapter presents a technique, with examples, tasks and exercises. This second edition has been extensively revised throughout, including:
The author uses English throughout - explaining how and where to locate material for other languages - thus providing a sound base for all those working in the areas of conference interpreting and consecutive interpreting in any language combination. This user-friendly guide is a particularly valuable resource for student interpreters, professionals looking to refresh their skills, and interpreter trainers looking for innovative ways of approaching note-taking.
Show morePart I: The Basics Step-by-step
Introduction
What is consecutive interpreting?
When is consecutive interpreting used?
About this book
Note-taking for consecutive interpreting
About the notes
About the examples
How to use the book
Miscellaneous
Chapter 1: Speech Analysis
Speech writing guides
Structure maps
Mini-summaries
Mind maps
Chapter 2: Recognizing and Splitting Ideas
Chapter 3: The Beginning of Notes
Chapter 4: Links
Moving On…
Taking notes directly
Reproducing speeches from notes
Note-taking from the spoken word
Chapter 5: Verticality and Hierarchies of Values
Parallel values
Shifting values
Parallel values 2
Use of brackets
Chapter 6: Symbols
What is a symbol?
Why use symbols?
What to note with symbols
How to use symbols
Organic symbols
Where to find symbols
Chapter 7: Memory Prompts
Structure can help recall information
Things right in front of you
Note the simple for the complicated
Stories and jokes
It depends on what you already know
Chapter 8: What to Note
Part II: Fine-tuning
1. Clauses
2. Rules of Abbreviation
3. Verbs
4. The Recall Line
5. Uses of the Margin
6. Implicit Links
7. Pro-forms
8. Noting Sooner, or Later
9. How You Write it
10. More on Symbols
11. Things You Didn't Catch
12. The End
Part III: The Back of the Book
1. Notes with Commentary
Speech 1 - Hodgson
Speech 2 – Patten
Speech 3 - Torry
Speech 4 – MacShane
2. Versions of the Tasks Set
3. The Examples
4. Where to Find Practice Material
Gillies, Andrew
"I have been using Note-Taking for Consecutive Interpreting in my
classes for many years now. Gillies offers precisely the type of
structured, layered approach to note-taking that students need.
Learners of the technique will undoubtedly appreciate the practical
exercises and the in-depth treatment of symbols and links in this
new edition.""Any 'top ten' list of interpreting textbooks is bound
to include this note-taking guide." Michelle Hof, The Interpreter
Diaries, University of La Laguna (Tenerife) and York University
(Canada)
Reviews for the new edition:"The book really is a tour de force of
logic, patient explanation, examples, and method. Gillies has a
knack of explaining complex things simply. It is a must for any
student of interpreting." - Interpreter Soapbox"Often referred to
as the contemporary compendium of consecutive interpreting, this
book covers everything you always wanted to know about
note-taking." - Andrea Alvisi, Attitude Translations"One of the
strong points of this book is that it can be read in the order it
was written, which is recommended especially for beginners, but it
can also be used as a reference book (...) the English is clear and
concise and the diagrams also complement the written explanations,
making it easily accessible to non-English speakers." - Hyang-Ok
Lim, Korean Society of Interpretation and Translation Studies"I
consider this second edition of Andrew Gillies' book a must-have
for anyone who wishes to develop a robust, efficient, and reliable
note-taking system, or who aims at training interpreters to do so."
- Marc Orlando, AIICReviews for the previous edition: "The book is
well written; above all it is highly readable... In conclusion, it
is a book to be highly recommended, and in my view indispensable
reading for those of us involved in, or even just interested in,
interpreter training." - European Commission Interpreting
Bulletin"I would be relieved if Andrew Gillies’ handy guide to the
subject were made compulsory reading in the class-room. Clearly
organised, attractively presented and written (refreshingly) in
English, it provides welcome support for professional standards." -
Interpreter Training Resources"What is certainly original and what
makes the book useful is precisely Gillies' de-mystifying,
intuitive approach to discourse analysis and note-taking, together
with the idea that note-taking is, ultimately, about analysing
speeches." - AIIC
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