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@article{ART002852044},
author={Gyung Hee Choi},
title={Can’t You See the Big Picture? The Importance of Teaching Beginner Interpreting Students ‘Theme’, ‘New’ and ‘Grammatical Metaphor’ in Consecutive Interpreting},
journal={The Journal of Translation Studies},
issn={1229-795X},
year={2022},
volume={23},
number={2},
pages={69-96},
doi={10.15749/jts.2022.23.2.003}

TY - JOUR
AU - Gyung Hee Choi
TI - Can’t You See the Big Picture? The Importance of Teaching Beginner Interpreting Students ‘Theme’, ‘New’ and ‘Grammatical Metaphor’ in Consecutive Interpreting
JO - The Journal of Translation Studies
PY - 2022
VL - 23
IS - 2
PB - The Korean Association for Translation Studies
SP - 69
EP - 96
SN - 1229-795X
AB - This paper proposes a method of text analysis as a means to assist beginner interpreting students with prioritizing information in consecutive interpreting. Trainee interpreters’ tendency to attend to minor details over the main idea of a text is widely known and well documented in interpreting research (e.g. Fabro, B. Bran and L. Gran 1991). However, research devoted to elaborating on how to address the issue and that targets new trainees in particular seems rare. This paper attempts to help the trainees identify and convey the essential meaning of a message by explicating how to analyze interpreting texts. In doing so, it uses Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) and SFL’s three concepts involved in how information flows in a text – Theme, New and Grammatical Metaphor (Martin 1993). This paper shows that the three concepts and their interaction construe the gist of the source text, which students interpreters failed to be render. In particular, abstract non-human metaphorized themes are often missed, misinterpreted or replaced with human Themes. The main data include two English source texts and eleven Korean target texts rendered by postgraduate students and their notes taken during the rendition.
KW - beginner interpreting students;consecutive interpreting;Theme;New;Grammatical Metaphor
DO - 10.15749/jts.2022.23.2.003
ER -

Gyung Hee Choi. (2022). Can’t You See the Big Picture? The Importance of Teaching Beginner Interpreting Students ‘Theme’, ‘New’ and ‘Grammatical Metaphor’ in Consecutive Interpreting. The Journal of Translation Studies, 23(2), 69-96.

Gyung Hee Choi. 2022, "Can’t You See the Big Picture? The Importance of Teaching Beginner Interpreting Students ‘Theme’, ‘New’ and ‘Grammatical Metaphor’ in Consecutive Interpreting", The Journal of Translation Studies, vol.23, no.2 pp.69-96. Available from: doi:10.15749/jts.2022.23.2.003

Gyung Hee Choi "Can’t You See the Big Picture? The Importance of Teaching Beginner Interpreting Students ‘Theme’, ‘New’ and ‘Grammatical Metaphor’ in Consecutive Interpreting" The Journal of Translation Studies 23.2 pp.69-96 (2022) : 69.

Gyung Hee Choi. Can’t You See the Big Picture? The Importance of Teaching Beginner Interpreting Students ‘Theme’, ‘New’ and ‘Grammatical Metaphor’ in Consecutive Interpreting. 2022; 23(2), 69-96. Available from: doi:10.15749/jts.2022.23.2.003

Gyung Hee Choi. "Can’t You See the Big Picture? The Importance of Teaching Beginner Interpreting Students ‘Theme’, ‘New’ and ‘Grammatical Metaphor’ in Consecutive Interpreting" The Journal of Translation Studies 23, no.2 (2022) : 69-96.doi: 10.15749/jts.2022.23.2.003

Gyung Hee Choi. Can’t You See the Big Picture? The Importance of Teaching Beginner Interpreting Students ‘Theme’, ‘New’ and ‘Grammatical Metaphor’ in Consecutive Interpreting. The Journal of Translation Studies, 23(2), 69-96. doi: 10.15749/jts.2022.23.2.003

Gyung Hee Choi. Can’t You See the Big Picture? The Importance of Teaching Beginner Interpreting Students ‘Theme’, ‘New’ and ‘Grammatical Metaphor’ in Consecutive Interpreting. The Journal of Translation Studies. 2022; 23(2) 69-96. doi: 10.15749/jts.2022.23.2.003

Gyung Hee Choi. Can’t You See the Big Picture? The Importance of Teaching Beginner Interpreting Students ‘Theme’, ‘New’ and ‘Grammatical Metaphor’ in Consecutive Interpreting. 2022; 23(2), 69-96. Available from: doi:10.15749/jts.2022.23.2.003

Gyung Hee Choi. "Can’t You See the Big Picture? The Importance of Teaching Beginner Interpreting Students ‘Theme’, ‘New’ and ‘Grammatical Metaphor’ in Consecutive Interpreting" The Journal of Translation Studies 23, no.2 (2022) : 69-96.doi: 10.15749/jts.2022.23.2.003