[Review of the book Computer-assisted simultaneous interpreting: A cognitive-experimental study on terminology, by B. Prandi]
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Recently, a significant shift in interpreting practices has occurred, with a growing emphasis on computer-assisted interpreting tools, such as automatic speech recognition (ASR), terminology extraction, and corpus-based terminology work, which sheds light on interpreting studies.Bianca Prandi's monograph Computerassisted simultaneous interpreting: A cognitive-experimental study on terminology published by Language Science Press in 2023 delves into the impact on cognitive loads of different forms of digital terminological support for simultaneous interpreting through an experimental study.The book comprises a general introduction and seven independent chapters.The first two chapters address general background knowledge about terminology work and technologies in interpreting.Chapters 3 and 4 lay the theoretical and methodological foundation, including cognitive loads in simultaneous interpreting (SI) and approaches to measuring cognitive loads.Chapters 5 to 7 illustrate the hypotheses, design, and approaches of the present experiment, and present the results and findings as well as the limitations of the study.The introduction begins with an overview of studies on computer-assisted interpreting (CAI) tools over the past few years and concludes that no empirically validated methodology for the product-and process-oriented studies with a cognitive focus has yet been developed to explore the phenomenon of technologysupported SI.To address this limitation, the author pioneers a new paradigm to study the impacts on the cognitive processes involved in SI with the use of terminological support tools.Chapter 1 introduces the topic of terminology and its significant role in interpreting especially in specialized conferences where languages for special purposes (LSP) are used.By listing a wide range of questionnaire surveys, the author suggests that terminology is also a parameter of quality in interpreting, not only from Lin, YY. & Xu, MJ. (2024).[Review of the book Computer-assisted simultaneous interpreting: A cognitive-experimental study on terminology, by B. Prandi].Current Trends in Translation Teaching and Learning E, 11.https://doi.org/
DOI: 10.51287/cttl202476
Authors: Yangyang LIN, Mianjun XU
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4405889156