{"id":1399,"date":"2025-12-08T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/JLD\/?p=1399"},"modified":"2025-12-07T15:06:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T20:06:16","slug":"ata66_green2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/JLD\/2025\/12\/08\/ata66_green2\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiromi Green at ATA66"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Speaker: Hiromi Green, Distinguished Speaker (DS)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Session Title: Practical Skills Development Workshop for Japanese to\/from English Interpreters<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Review Author: Allyson Sigman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Did you ever feel like you wanted to learn about simultaneous or consecutive interpreting technique but didn\u2019t have time? Well, in this whirlwind session, Hiromi-sensei presented not only notetaking theory but also simultaneous techniques!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She started with the Rozan Principles<\/a>, which are fundamental in any interpreting program. These principles center around using symbols to note the idea, not the words<\/strong>. Hiromi-sensei said that having over 100 symbols is ideal. She noted that most people prefer to take notes in their A (native) language, but kanji <\/em>can make it easier for noting in Japanese even if that is not your A language.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From there, she showed us how to note proper names by using initials<\/strong> if we are familiar with the person or using a title<\/strong> (like \u201cthe prime minister\u201d) if we couldn\u2019t hear\/note the name. Some other techniques include dropping the vowels or writing just the first and last letter.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next, she mentioned that notetaking does not come easily and takes a lot of practice. In Europe, interpreters are expected to be able to take notes and recreate a speech as long as 6 minutes. However, the standard in Japan is 2-3 minutes.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After attendees practiced notetaking and compared our notes with Hiromi-sensei\u2019s, we moved on to simultaneous. She presented two main techniques: Chunking<\/strong> and KISS<\/strong>. When a speaker is beginning a long sentence, the interpreter must break it into smaller ones to get something out to the listeners. The goal is to produce SV sentences<\/strong> as fast as possible. However, while doing this, it is critical to cultivate split attention<\/strong>: focusing both on processing what you hear and on the structure of the message you are conveying. This ties into KISS, which stands for Keep it Short and Simple<\/em>. Do not try to be overly complex or use long, run on sentences. Make short, meaningful sentences out of what you hear.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The session wrapped up with a focus on meaning over words, which is key for everyone in interpretation today.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Edited by: audra lincoln<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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