Group: Repurposing: Making a smaller footprint
The first group interpreted about Repurposing which we thought was going to be very hard to interpret. However, the members of this group did a very good job! We could see that each of them had a note where they had listed terminology that would be found in the topic. Therefore, whenever we heard unfamiliar words from the guest speaker, they seemed to be calm and could find the appropriate words for them. Panuwat took notes a little, and sometimes when he heard the words he had listed on his prepared note, he would underline or put a dot under those words. On the other hand, Benjarat and Atthasit did not take any notes. Benjarat misheard the word "ladder" to be "letter", so there was an error with her interpretation. Atthasit pointed at the screen when necessary and relied on the power point slides and his prepared note.They used reconstructing the segment with the help of the context, consulting documents in the booth, asking for clarification, taking notes, explaining or paraphrasing, reproducing the sound heard in the source-language speech, and omitting the information coping tactics. This group looked very professional while interpreting and the quality of their interpretation was really good. We think it was because they were well-prepared for the talk, tried to stay calm during the interpreting session, and they might have been in less pressure than the later groups because they were the first group to perform.
Group: Romance Between a Southwest Guy and a Southeast Girl: a case of Intercultural Relationships
The second group seemed to be very nervous and got stuck every now and then. We thought that the topic was not going to have many specific terms since it was a quite general issue. However, we understood why they had a hard time interpreting some phrases, though I bet they understood it in English. Words such as "norm", could sound "too formal" if they had interpreted word-by-word into Thai as "บรรทัดฐานทางสังคม". We believe that was why it might have made them unsure about which words they should use.
They were speaking too softly and could not convey the tone of the speaker's voice and feelings. He sounded very happy talking about his girlfriend, but they made it sound depressing. A few members of the group asked for clarification more than four times, and it made them look less professional. It was understandable because it was probably everyone's first time doing this and Aj. Derek's accent could be hard to understand sometimes. The coping tactics they used were reconstructing the segment with the help of the context, consulting documents in the booth, asking for clarification, taking notes, and explaining or paraphrasing. For the overall picture of this group, we would say that they need to be more confident with themselves and try to convey the feelings of the speaker more.
Group: Why So Many Beauty Clinics? Questions Posed by a Puzzled American
This group performance was good though the topic seemed to
be the most difficult one among the four topics because there were
quite a lot of technical terms in this topic. Moreover, everyone in the group looked calm. Tanutta went silent for a few seconds, and would smile when she interpreted something wrong, so we could see immediately that something was not right. Alisa and her did the instant naturalization for words such as "magazine", "tan salon", and "wow" while they could have translated these words into Thai. Alisa and Patcharawan asked for clarification a few times. Patcharawan was also the only one who took notes, but eventually stopped after a while. She also omitted some part in the end which was the important message from the speaker. All members of this group said "Er.." a few times while delaying their response. The coping tactics they used were reconstructing the segment with the help of the context, delaying response, consulting
documents in the booth, asking for clarification, taking notes, reproducing the sound heard in the source-language speech, explaining or paraphrasing, and omitting the information coping tactics.. The performance of this group was good even though each of them had a different style of speaking and translating. It would have been better if they had not done the instant naturalization as often as they did.
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