Memory and language skills in simultaneous interpreters: The role of expertise and language proficiency
Memory and language skills in simultaneous interpreters: The role of expertise and language proficiency
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jml.2005.12.004
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发表时间：
2006-04-01
影响因子：
4.3
通讯作者：
Kroll, JF
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作者：
Christoffels, IK;de Groot, AMB;Kroll, JF
同声传译是一项复杂的技能，其中语言的理解和生产同时发生在两种语言中。在这项研究中，我们检查了基本的语言和工作记忆任务的表现，这些任务被假设为参与同声传译的重要认知技能。与会者都是以荷兰语为母语，精通英语作为第二语言的人。我们比较了受过训练的口译员的双语大学生（实验1）和高熟练的英语教师（实验2）的表现。口译员在语言表现的速度和准确性以及从一组（工作）记忆测量中估计的记忆容量方面优于大学生。口译员的表现也优于英语教师，但仅在记忆任务上，这表明语言任务的表现更多地取决于熟练程度而不是认知资源。总之，这些数据表明（工作）记忆是同声传译的一项关键技能。爱思唯尔公司出版
Simultaneous interpreting is a complex skill in which language comprehension and production take place at the same time in two languages. In this study, we examined performance on basic language and working memory tasks that have been hypothesized to engage cognitive skills important for simultaneous interpreting. The participants were native Dutch speakers proficient in English as a second language. We compared the performance of trained interpreters to bilingual university students (Experiment 1) and to highly proficient English teachers (Experiment 2). The interpreters outperformed the university students in their speed and accuracy of language performance and on their memory capacity estimated from a set of (working) memory measures. The interpreters also outperformed the English teachers, but only on the memory tasks, suggesting that performance on the language tasks was determined by proficiency more than cognitive resources. Taken together, these data point to (working) memory as a critical subskill for simultaneous interpreting. Published by Elsevier Inc.