Question

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Simply being bilingual doesn’t qualify someone to interpret. Interpreting is not only a mechanical process of converting one sentence in language A into the same sentence in language B. Rather, it’s a complex art in which thoughts and idioms that have no obvious counterparts from tongue to tongue _ or words that have several meanings must be quickly transformed in such a way that the message is clearly and accurately expressed to the listener.

At one international conference, an American speaker said, “You can’t make a silk purse out of a sows ear”, which meant nothing to the Spanish audience. The interpretation was, “A monkey in a silk dress is still a monkey” - an idiom the Spanish understood and that expressed the same idea.

There are 2 kinds of interpreters, simultaneous and consecutive. The former, sitting in a separated booth, usually at a large multilingual conference, speaks to listeners wearing headphones, interpreting what a foreign language speaker says actually a sentence behind. Consecutive interpreters are the ones most international negotiations use. They are employed for smaller meetings without sound booths and headphones. Consecutive interpretation also requires two-person teams. A foreign speaker says his piece while the interpreter, using a special shorthand, takes notes and during a pause, tells the client what was said

What is a difference mentioned between a simultaneous interpreter an consecutive interpreter?

A. The size of group with whom they work

B. Their proficiency in the language.

C. The type of dictionary they use

D. The money they are paid

Answer 1

Đáp án A

Một sự khác biệt giữa đề cập một phiên dịch đồng thời và nối tiếp là gì?

A. Kích thước của nhóm người mà họ làm việc.

B. Khả năng của họ trong ngôn ngữ.

C. Các loại từ điển mà họ sử dụng.

D. Số tiền họ được trả tiền.

Thông tin ở câu: “They are employed for smaller meetings without sound booths and headphones.” (Họ được thuê cho các cuộc họp nhỏ hơn mà không có buồng âm thanh và tai nghe.)