consecutive... simultaneous....

consecutive...

simultaneous.... which one do I pick?

Hi everybody welcome back.

So today I thought I'd go ahead and discuss an interpreteing topic.

Many of you want to become interpreters, or you

are an interpreter. But anyways I'd thought I would go ahead and discuss the 2 different kinds

of sign langauge interpreting and the 2 kinds are

simultaneous

and consecutive.

So what's the difference?

So the first one,

simultaneous, that means

at the same time... the same time. (typewriter sounds)

So that would mean

for example the person starts talking,

then I'd wait a little bit until I understand the

concept and then I'd go ahead and start interpreting at the same time they're talking. So,

they're talking and I'm interpreting at the same time.

Ok, often times there's a little bit of a delay, but still you are

working at the same time. Now for

consecutive, that's a little bit different.

That means... (typewriter sounds)

So for example the person would

talk, say a few sentences, or one or two

concepts and then they pause and then I go ahead and interpret.

Then it goes back, then they talk, then

I interpret. So pause, interpret, pause talk, back and forth.

So forth, so in simultaneous it's the same time,

and then consecutive. So what are

they for? Why would I use simultaneous, or why would I use consecutive?

I'd say most often with sign langauge interpreting,

typically it's simultaneous. Ummm,

there's really not many situations that I've actually experienced using consecutive

interpreting. I would say consecutive is usually is for

like beginning interpreters. If it's really hard for you to be able to process

and interpret at the same time. You know I mean it's a really difficult skill for you to learn.

So a lot of times with beginning interpreters, or if someone doesn't really

know sign langauge as well. They say "hold on" and then they interpret, "ok what did you say?"

"Ok let me think" and then they interpret. So maybe for that situation. Umm

that does not mean that its less of an interpreting. I'm just saying, typically that's what I've

noticed it used for. Simultaneous is used for regular

professional interpreting. So I'm gonna go ahead and

give you some demonstrations of what it actually looks like for both of these.

So I'm gonna go ahead and have a clip of

myself talking here. Then I will go ahead

and demonstrat the simultaneous and then

the consecutive. Ok so first we're gonna start with simultaneous.

"The pros about this

are it is organic, cruelty free, and it's

good for sensitive skin. I don't necessarily have sensitive pits but it is good

for you. Umm this is just a stick deodorant and it doesn't leave any sort of

white marks or anything like that, that I noticed of. Ummm..."

Ok so that was simultaneous

so now I'm going to show you consecutive.

"The pros about this are, it is organic,

cruelty free, and it's good for sensitive skin. I don't necessarily have

sensitive pits, but it is good for you...."

"Umm this is just a stick deodorant.

It doesn't leave any sort of white marks or anything like that, that I've noticed of."

Ok so that was consecutive, meaning

talking or signing or whatever it is, but for this example talking

waiting, pausing, and then interpreting. So agian it's just

different. Now I've actually with simultaneous

umm mostly I said that's used for interpreting. Typically it's just easier

because you can have a good conversation flow at the same time. You dont' have to pause

and take turns back and forth and kind of make the whole thing a lot longer. Umm now

I did recently do a little bit of research and there's some people

that now that are actually considering that consecutive is more beneficial.

I haven't really gone in depth in research with that, but maybe if I can, I can

find more information then I can make a video about that if you guys would be interested.

But consecutive is good

mainly becaue really you're getting the information and

then you're waiting a little bit. Each time getting a little

bit of information each time. Whereas with simultaneous you're

listening or "listening" and interpreting at the same time. So,

sometimes during that process you might miss information or you

might screw up. So I mean is it going to

become more consecutive in the future? I don't know!

We will see. So hopefully

you guys have a little bit better of an understanding of the different kinds of interpreting.

What they're used for and maybe you know saw the

demonstaration. If you still have questions, please go ahead and leave those as comments.

I definitely would love to answer any of the questions you have.

Yeah I'll see you all in the next video. Bye!

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