DEFINITIONS
Errors in Interpretation
The Listening Phase
EIPI
100

I have an assignment to go to a lecture on diabetes. I prepare ahead of time, by doing some research on it. When I get there, I chat with my consumer and my team about various things. What am I describing?

What are pre-assignment controls

100

Sentence: I am used to taking my inhaler

The interpreter signs the word "use" but should be signing I am in the habit of using my inhaler

What is Inadequate language proficiency

100

What does ELK mean

What is Extra Linguistic Knowledge

100

What does EIPI stand for 

What is: 

Environmental

Interpresonal

Paralinguistic

Intrapersonal

200

What is the term that best describes aspects of an interpreter, and how they interact with and respond to the demands of an assignment?

What is control

200

The interpreter is saying uh, um, like, etc. What is this called?

What is nonconservation of paralinguistic elements, hedges, and fillers. 

200

"Regular exercise is essential to good health."

Regular exercise is the _______? 

What is the main idea

200

You show up to an assignment, and the room is filled with desks in rows. You go to the front of the room and realize your vision will be significantly blocked, so you ask the instructor for the room if they could rearrange the chairs. What demand did you just identify?

What is Environmental

300

When skills are developed within a language

What is intralingual

300
The consumer tells their doctor how badly something hurts and how much pain they are constantly in. You interpret it with a monotone voice, saying the pain is pretty bad. This is not conveying the intended message. What is this called?

What is distortion

300

"Regular exercise is essential to good health."

maintaining good health is a ________?

What is supporting detail

300

After the assignment, you analyze yourself and how you did and realize that you were really negative about yourself and had intrusive thoughts about how bad you were doing. What demand is this called?

What is Intrapersonal

400

What does thought world mean

What is a combination of the roles and characteristics of the person communicating. 

400

You have a bubbly, fun-loving personality, and you always have a lighthearted, fun voice. You have a hard time sounding serious, and you are asked to interpret at a murder trial. What error in interpretation would happen?

What is errors in register conservation

400

"I'm going to the beach tomorrow. I plan on swimming, scuba diving, and having a picnic! It's going to be so much fun!"

"I'm going to the beach tomorrow and have several activities planned. It will be a lot of fun!"

This is an example of what

What is summarizing

400

What is interpersonal

What is specific to the interaction of the consumers and the interpreter.

ex: culture, communication goals of the encounter, mood/emotional tone, etc

500

The interpreter does not focus on the ideas and message but on substituting words from the target language for words in the source language. 

What is Literal Translation

500

I am interpreting for a deaf consumer who is using many profanities. I am religious so I do not interpret these profanities. What error is this?

What is Protocol, Procedure, and Ethics

500

Getting the big picture about what is most important

What is macroprocessing

500

You notice the doctor at the office you are interpreting at is mumbling and very quiet. You ask him to please repeat himself and talk a bit louder. What demand did you identify?

What is paralinguistic

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