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Memory and Visualisation
MEMORY AND VISUALISATION
The memory, both long-term and short-term, is one of the most crucial abilities to acquire while developing interpreting skills, because it largely depends on the reformulation of the original discourse that is done by the interpreter, no matter which technique is being used.
No matter how good your memory is or how many words you know, sometimes you’re going to forget something or wind up stuck looking for words. It even happens in your mother tongue!
The ability to remember is something that can be trained!
The exercise of shadowing involves repeating what the speaker says, word for word, in the same language. Normally, the interpreter will be a word or two behind the speaker as one repeats what has been said. This delay may be increased as the interpreter becomes more comfortable. This exercise is often used in preparation for simultaneous interpreting, since it teaches the interpreter to listen and talk at the same time. It is also very good for memory development.
Careful listening is an important element for memory recall. If have not listened to something carefully, it will be impossible to remember later. First, attentive listening requires identifying a speech’s key points.
Good memory must be developed gradually. This exercise was created bearing this in mind and is based on a 50 to 60-word speech/audio that involves recalling first the main ideas and then, during the second or third pass, recalling progressively more details.
Visualisation. Most people are visual learners, this is, we remember things we see better than something we are told it or read on paper. Images remain in our minds much longer than abstract information. For this reason, mnemonics suggest one uses visualisation to retain different types of information by creating mental images.
Segmentation. This exercise is based on the concept that it is easier to retain a number of limited chunks with information that just one or two larger dense chunks. Segmentation involves breaking a larger chunk of information into two or more smaller ones.
One exercise which aims to help you recognize incoherence or ambiguity in a speech, which is, in itself, also a way to recall the speech. After hearing a relatively incoherent and ambiguous text, you should be able to identify what aspect is incoherent or ambiguous and explain what makes it so. For example, in the sentence “João asked Miguel to sit still. Then, he got angry,” we don’t know if “he” refers to João or Miguel. Once the incoherence or ambiguity has been identified, it may be recalled and dealt with at the production stage of interpreting.
