Presentation 2009-02-20
A system "is" to assist simultaneous interpretation and its possible application to aiding hearing-impaired
Michiko WATANABE, Youichi TOKIOKA, Keikichi HIROSE,
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Abstract(in English) We have been developing a system to assist simultaneous interpretation by introducing merits of consecutive interpretation. While recording a speaker's voice, it replays the voice. Interpreters can stop the replay at any given point in time and restart after interpretation. This approach will free interpreters from simultaneously engaging in multiple tasks, such as listening to the original speech, comprehending it, translating it into another language and speaking out. We examined the effects of the system on English-Japanese interpretation using four trained interpreters. With the system, the accuracy and the fluency of interpretations improved. However, it took interpreters more than twice as long as the interpretations in traditional methods. We report our efforts to reduce the time delay and discuss the possibility of applying the system to sign language interpretation.
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Keyword(in English) Simultaneous interpretation / Consecutive interpretation / Quality of interpretation / Delay / Cognitive load
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Conference Date 2009/2/13(1days)
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Title (in English) A system "is" to assist simultaneous interpretation and its possible application to aiding hearing-impaired
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Keyword(1) Simultaneous interpretation
Keyword(2) Consecutive interpretation
Keyword(3) Quality of interpretation
Keyword(4) Delay
Keyword(5) Cognitive load
1st Author's Name Michiko WATANABE
1st Author's Affiliation Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo()
2nd Author's Name Youichi TOKIOKA
2nd Author's Affiliation Straight Word Inc.
3rd Author's Name Keikichi HIROSE
3rd Author's Affiliation Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo
Date 2009-02-20
Paper # WIT2008-60
Volume (vol) vol.108
Number (no) 435
Page pp.pp.-
#Pages 4
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