La interpretación consecutiva como proceso: investigación y propuesta de un modelo teórico

Pascual Montalvo, María

La interpretación consecutiva como proceso: investigación y propuesta de un modelo teórico

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Pascual Montalvo, M. La interpretación consecutiva como proceso: investigación y propuesta de un modelo teórico. 2017. handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10230/33962

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Abstract

The process of consecutive interpreting came to be academically analysed right from the start from two different standpoints: a scientific approach based on empirical studies, close to the field of natural sciences, and a less tangible approach belonging to the liberal arts providing principles and assumptions based on introspection and personal experience. Cooperation in the quest of generally applicable tenets and conclusions has been rather scant. Our research project aims at analysing consecutive interpreting from a completely new approach, considering it as a process blending content from both branches. Interpreting will be regarded as a creative art and consecutive interpreting will no longer be all about note-taking. Our analysis will prove how other aspects such as memory and, most especially, improvisation, play a much more important role in the overall process. Note-taking however still seems to be one of the most popular concepts to write about and little or no interest focuses on the ability to improvise. Perhaps because improvising is not considered to be empirical enough? Improvisation is a skill that encompasses many abilities and techniques that are decisive throughout the process in an interpreter’s performance and there is actual scientific research to prove that. Our research leads to the consideration that learning how to improvise, and thus “letting go”, in fact brings about many positive results. Improvisation added to consecutive interpreting leads to improved performance as the activities carried out in one and another require very similar mental processes. It is about time that science and art start cooperating a little more with each other in order to make academic and practical studies richer and deeper rather than limited and singletracked