Praat-assisted Comparative Study on Disfluencies in C-E Interpreting

Yang Xiaofeng; Zhang Menglei; Zhang Zhaoqing; Zeng Ashan

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Praat-assisted Comparative Study on Disfluencies in C-E Interpreting

Yang Xiaofeng, Zhang Menglei, Zhang Zhaoqing, Zeng Ashan

Published in International Journal of Applied Linguistics and Translation (Volume 7, Issue 2)

Received: 14 January 2021 Accepted: 1 March 2021 Published: 25 June 2021

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Abstract

Intervening the process of interpreting, tone group segmentations, as the phonological embodiment of the interpreters’ information perception and processing, produce dis-fluent paralinguistic utterances like pauses, lengthening, and pitch resetting etc, which impact on the fluency of the information and expression. In order to study how these non-verbal behavior impose on the disfluencies and explore new criteria to assess interpreting quality technically, thus training students’ interpreting skills, the study applied Praat to study on the students’ disfluency phenomenon in C-E interpreting from lexical, phrasal and sentential levels and tones and tone groups segmentation in student’s C-E interpreting disfluent utterances in PACCEL 2012 with the interpreting of the 2010 SC Press conference as CK. The results showed that, compared with the professional interpreters, student interpreters’ utterance were endowed with the external and inner-word breaks, broken phrase segmentation, and excessive tone group segmentations in sentences.

Published in	International Journal of Applied Linguistics and Translation (Volume 7, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijalt.20210702.17
Page(s)	76-82
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Interpreting Disfluency, Tone Groups Division, PACCEL, Praat

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Yang Xiaofeng, Zhang Menglei, Zhang Zhaoqing, Zeng Ashan. (2021). Praat-assisted Comparative Study on Disfluencies in C-E Interpreting. International Journal of Applied Linguistics and Translation, 7(2), 76-82. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijalt.20210702.17

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Yang Xiaofeng; Zhang Menglei; Zhang Zhaoqing; Zeng Ashan. Praat-assisted Comparative Study on Disfluencies in C-E Interpreting. Int. J. Appl. Linguist. Transl. 2021, 7(2), 76-82. doi: 10.11648/j.ijalt.20210702.17

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Yang Xiaofeng, Zhang Menglei, Zhang Zhaoqing, Zeng Ashan. Praat-assisted Comparative Study on Disfluencies in C-E Interpreting. Int J Appl Linguist Transl. 2021;7(2):76-82. doi: 10.11648/j.ijalt.20210702.17

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Yang Xiaofeng

Department of Foreign Languages, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
Zhang Menglei

Department of Foreign Languages, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
Zhang Zhaoqing

Department of Foreign Languages, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
Zeng Ashan

School of Translation, Xi’an International Studies University, Xi’an, China

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Yang Xiaofeng, Zhang Menglei, Zhang Zhaoqing, Zeng Ashan. (2021). Praat-assisted Comparative Study on Disfluencies in C-E Interpreting. International Journal of Applied Linguistics and Translation, 7(2), 76-82. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijalt.20210702.17

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Yang Xiaofeng, Zhang Menglei, Zhang Zhaoqing, Zeng Ashan. Praat-assisted Comparative Study on Disfluencies in C-E Interpreting. Int J Appl Linguist Transl. 2021;7(2):76-82. doi: 10.11648/j.ijalt.20210702.17

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