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Prediction during simultaneous interpreting: Evidence from the visual-world paradigm.

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Professional interpreters and translators predict upcoming nouns during simultaneous interpreting, but not the specific word form. This predictive ability in simultaneous interpretation is consistent across experience levels.

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Science
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Translation and Interpreting Studies

Background:

  • Simultaneous interpreting involves real-time processing and production of speech in a target language.
  • Predictive processing is a key cognitive mechanism in language comprehension and production.
  • The role of prediction in simultaneous interpreting, particularly concerning noun prediction and word-form, remains underexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the temporal dynamics of prediction during simultaneous interpreting using the Visual World Paradigm (VWP).
  • To determine if professional interpreters and translators predict upcoming nouns and their specific word forms in English and French.
  • To compare predictive behaviors between interpreters and translators untrained in simultaneous interpretation.

Main Methods:

  • An eye-tracking study employing the Visual World Paradigm (VWP) with 24 L1 French professional conference interpreters and 24 L1 French professional translators.
  • Participants listened to English sentences and simultaneously interpreted them into French while viewing visual scenes.
  • Visual scenes contained target objects, phonological competitors in English and French, and unrelated objects to probe prediction.

Main Results:

  • Both interpreters and translators demonstrated predictive behavior, anticipating upcoming nouns during the simultaneous interpreting task.
  • Neither group showed evidence of predicting the specific word form of the upcoming nouns in either English or French.
  • No significant differences in predictive patterns were observed between the professional interpreters and the translators.

Conclusions:

  • The study provides evidence that prediction occurs during simultaneous interpreting, irrespective of specific training or experience.
  • While noun prediction is evident, the prediction of specific word forms was not supported by the VWP data.
  • Future research is needed to further elucidate the mechanisms and boundaries of predictive processing in simultaneous interpretation.