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1. Choose the most appropriate definition for consecutive interpreting.*
- The interpreter listens and waits until a person is no longer speaking to begin transmitting what was said in another language.
- The interpreter listens for a message in a language delivered in segments, takes notes, and then delivers the message in another language.
- The interpreter reads out loud from a text written in a foreign language.
- The interpreter listens for the first few words of an utterance and begins transmitting the meaning in another language as it is being spoken, with a delay of just a few seconds.
2. Choose the most appropriate definition for simultaneous interpreting*
- The interpreter listens for the first few words of an utterance and begins transmitting the meaning in another language as it is being spoken, with a delay of just a few seconds.
- The interpreter is handed a document and is asked to transmit its contents by reading them in one language and speaking them in another one.
- The interpreter listens for a message in a language delivered in segments, takes notes, and then delivers the message in another language.
- The interpreter listens first, and then begins to speak when the speaker makes a pause.
3. Choose the most appropriate definition for sight translation*
- The interpreter is asked to replicate a written document in another language, including formatting.
- The interpreter is handed a document and is asked to transmit its contents by reading them in one language and speaking them in another one.
- The interpreter is handed a document and is asked to transmit its contents by reading them to a visually-impaired person.
- The interpreter is handed a document and is asked to memorize the contents, and then summarize them in another language.
4. Choose the statement that best defines the shadowing skill in interpreting:*
- Shadowing means following somebody around like a shadow in hopes of learning as much as possible.
- An activity in which a person repeats word for word what is being said, with a 2-3 second delay, and in the same language.
- A type of activity, like the charades game, where people mimic what they want others to understand.
- Listening to what a person says and repeating it in the same language after they are done talking.
5. Choose the statement that best describes Note-taking in interpreting:*
- Note-taking is important so that the interpreter can look back at written information in case his performance is questioned.
- Note-taking is like taking dictation. You have to pay close attention and write every single word spoken.
- When interpreters take notes, they must capture all of the information, not by writing every single word, but by noting all of the meaning.
- Note-taking is not important in interpreting. Only having a really good memory counts.

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