Contents // Thanks ix // PARTI 1 // 1 Introduction 5 // What is consecutive interpreting? 5 // When is consecutive interpreting used? 5 // Who can be a consecutive interpreter? 8 // Why learn consecutive? 9 // Should we learn consecutive before simultaneous? 11 // How good is good enough? 11 // About this book 13 // How to use this book 14 // 2 Presentation 16 // Posture 16 // Delivery 24 // Practice 26 // Conclusion 29 // 3 Consecutive without notes 32 // A word about memory 33 // Chunking 34 // What you already know 35 // Narrative prompts 36 // Visual prompts 39 // Structural prompts 43 // Logical prompts 44 // Notes 47 // Conclusion 47 // Skills combining 49 // vi Contents // 4 Analysis 51 // Structural breakdown 52 // Mind maps 53 // Sections 57 // Mini-summaries 59 // Section diagrams 62 // Logical analysis 64 // Recognizing and splitting ideas 64 // Notes 66 // Skills combining 66 // 5 Preparation and practice 69 // Preparation 69 // Exam preparation 80 // Practice 81 // 6 Note-taking 89 // Abbreviations 89 // Ideas 91 // Clauses 98 // Verticality 100 // Links 103 // Symbols 107 // Values (more and less important) 110 // What language to note in 116 // Skills combining 117 // 7 Noting less 119 // Memory prompts 120 // Things in front of you 122 // Obvious in context 123 // Obvious from the structure of the notes 125 // 8 Reformulation 131 // What is reformulation? 131 // Why reformulate? 133 // How to reformulate 134 // How does consecutive facilitate reformulation? 138
// Contents vii // 9 Effort management in consecutive // 144 // What is effort? 144 // Preemptive effort management 145 // Directionality 148 // Notes as an effort management tool 149 // PART II // 159 // 10 Advanced presentation // 161 // Differences between interpreting and speaking 161 // Style 162 // Preparing for a real meeting room 168 // Looking at your audience 169 // Notes as stage direction 173 // 11 Advanced analysis 181 // Types of speech 182 // Speech analysis in the media 186 // Structure maps 188 // Echoes 193 // Rhetorical devices 194 // 12 Advanced preparation // Practice 197 // The situation 198 // Preparing the content 211 // 13 Protocol and practicalities // Dress code 214 // Interpreting equipment 216 // Survival equipment 218 // What to do when you arrive on site 218 // During the speech and after 221 // Tips from other authors 221 // 14 Digitally assisted consecutive // Simultaneous consecutive 224 // Note-taking on a tablet computer 226 // Real-time transcription 227 // Pros and cons 227 // 197 // 214 // 224 // viii Contents // Appendix 1 Versions of the tasks set // Chapter 2: Presentation 229 // Chapter 3: Memory 229 // Chapter 4: Analysis 230 // Chapter 6: Note-taking 231 // Chapter 11: Advanced analysis 234 // Chapter 12: Advanced preparation 238 // Appendix 2 Memory techniques // The memory palace 241 // Visual linking 243 // Appendix 3 The example speeches // 1: Javid 245 // 2: Jobs 245 // 3: Lumumba 245 // 4: Ralston 245 // 5: Martin Harvey 245