Exploring the Cognitive Processes of Simultaneous Interpreting: English-Arabic-English Dynamics

by Amr M. El-Zawawy

Overview

Exploring the Cognitive Processes of Simultaneous Interpreting: English–Arabic–English Dynamics approaches English–Arabic–English simultaneous interpreting from a cognitive–cum–linguistic vantage point. Amr M. El-Zawawy focuses on how media interpreters, especially on TV, cognitively address the source texts in the process of translating them in real time. The corpora used—simultaneous interpretations of televised political speeches—and the rigorous methodology applied attest to the variety and depth of the analyses carried out, and the examples given speak to the linguistic and cognitive processes that interpreters perform in order to communicate meaning. This book will be an invaluable asset to any student and researcher of translation, particularly of simultaneous interpreting. The book also provides significant insights into the underexplored questions of the difficulties of simultaneously translating Arabic, a language spoken by around 420 million people today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781498585682
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	06/24/2019
Pages:	190
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Amr M. El-Zawawy is associate professor of linguistics and translation at Alexandria University in Egypt.

Table of Contents

Chapter One: Preliminaries

Chapter Two: Past Attempts

Chapter Three: Towards A New Simultaneous Interpreting Model

Chapter Four: Analyzing the English-Arabic Dynamics

Chapter Five: Analyzing the Arabic-English Dynamics

Chapter Six: Discussions and Conclusions