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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Linguistics
  • Human-Computer Interaction

Background:

  • Simultaneous interpreting (SI) with text is cognitively demanding due to combined auditory and visual input.
  • Understanding how speech rate and experience affect multimodal processing in SI is crucial for interpreter training.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of source speech rate and professional experience on Ear-Eye-Voice Span (EIVS) and performance in Chinese-English SI with text.
  • To analyze temporal coordination between auditory, visual, and verbal processes using eye-tracking.

Main Methods:

  • 15 professional interpreters and 30 trainees performed SI with text tasks at varying speech rates.
  • Eye-tracking technology measured Ear-Eye Span (EIS), Eye-Voice Span (IVS), and Ear-Voice Span (EVS).
  • Interpreting performance was assessed across different speech rates.

Main Results:

  • Faster speech rates reduced EIVS, indicating accelerated processing and adaptation.
  • Professionals demonstrated more stable EIVS and better cross-modal attention, especially at high speech rates.
  • Trainees showed greater visual reliance and struggled with multimodal demands, with higher EIVS variability.

Conclusions:

  • Professional experience enhances multimodal coordination and cognitive resource management in SI with text.
  • Faster speech rates challenge interpreters, but experience mitigates performance decline.
  • Targeted training in auditory-visual coordination is vital for optimizing SI performance.