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Area of Science:

  • Linguistics
  • Cognitive Science
  • Computational Linguistics

Background:

  • Previous quantitative studies on interpreting types focused on linguistic features, neglecting informativeness.
  • Entropy, a measure of information content, has been used in quantitative linguistic research.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate differences in informativeness and output concentration between simultaneous and consecutive interpreting.
  • To analyze word and word category frequency distribution patterns in interpreting outputs.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized entropy and repeat rate as measures of informativeness.
  • Employed linear mixed-effects models for data analysis.
  • Compared output texts from simultaneous and consecutive interpreting.

Main Results:

  • Entropy and repeat rate effectively distinguish between simultaneous and consecutive interpreting outputs.
  • Consecutive interpreting outputs exhibit higher word entropy and lower word repeat rates.
  • Identified distinct frequency distribution patterns for words and word categories in each interpreting type.

Conclusions:

  • Consecutive interpreting demonstrates a cognitive equilibrium between production economy and listener comprehension, especially with complex input.
  • Findings support the selection of appropriate interpreting types based on application scenarios.
  • This study pioneers the examination of informativeness across interpreting types, revealing language user adaptation under cognitive load.