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Old 08-16-2009, 12:45 AM   #42 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by JennyB View Post
Here are some situations when it has happened for me. For one course I had these stupid sound clips that had to be interpreted for me every week. There were some that the interpreter said were ridiculously complex and full of fancy words and more "showy" than informational. So she would listen to them in full and then interpret it after. If she tried to simultaneously interpret she couldn't.
Great answer! That question had stumped me. I know I've done consecutive interpreting on occasion but I couldn't think of any examples. And the temporal question I didn't even understand!
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