Terms of Terms Gone By
Those Pesky Parameters
Terps Frequent FUBARs
Full Government Names
America's Next Top Models
100

Reducing a message to its fundamental points in a more efficient target message is the basis of this process.

What is summarization?

100

This parameter relates to the outward expression of emotion by a speaker, which adds weight to the message.

What is affect?

100

This common error occurs when a portion of the message is missed or left out.

What is omission?

100

This is the full name of the national organization that offers interpreter certifications.

What is the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf?

100

This model described the aspects of a message that comprise its overall meaning, and the parameters of another category.

What is Isham's Model?

200

Interpretation is defined as the process of changing between two of these in real time.

What are languages?

200

This term described the rhythm, tone, and speed of a message, and how that influences its contextual meaning.

What is prosody?

200

This error occurs when new information is interpreted that is not directly drawn from the source message.

What is addition?

200

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!

This is the full name of the organization that offers tests which must be completed before national certification.

What is the Center for the Assessment of Sign Language Interpreters?

200

This gravitational model describes how accessible information is to us, based on how frequently it is accessed.

What is Gile's Model?

300

If you are transferring a message from a language to a communication system, you are performing this process.

What is transliteration?

300

This term is used to describe the overall intent of a message, whether it be to inform, warn, or convince the recipient.

What is the function?

300

This term describes errors where an alternate word is used that differs from the source word choice.

What are substitutions?

300

This is the full name of the general certification for hearing interpreters.

What is the National Interpreting Certificate? 

300

This tree-shaped model allows interpreters to break down a message into its component parts, from broader goals to individual details.

What is the Gish Model?

400

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!

This term defines the mindset and perspective of an individual, which may influence how they understand a message.

What is schema?

400

This term describes the expected impact of a message on the recipient, based on their mindset and circumstances.

What is contextual force?

400

We use this term to describe errors where the source language form is not dropped, and carries over to the target message.

What are intrusions?

400

This title is given to those Deaf individuals who are nationally recognized and assessed for their skill, and can add cultural depth to an interpreting team.

What is a Certified Deaf Interpreter?

400

This Z-shaped model describes the interpreting process, the analysis and production steps that go into the production of a target message.

What is the Colonomos Model?

500

This term describes the goal of accurate conveyance of the source message into the target message, with the same impact and content.

What is dynamic equivalence?

500

This parameter describes aspects of the speaker that may influence how their message is received.

What are metanotative qualities?

500
This weird word is how we label parts of the target message that are unrelated and irrelevant to the message.

What are anomalies?

500

Bi-Bi is a nickname for these two important competencies, and interpreters need to be skilled in both.

What are bilingual and bicultural?

500

This is the guy who created a sociolinguistic model for understanding the process of listening, understanding the semantic equivalent, and responding.

Who is Cokely?

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