note taking in interpretation

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NOTE-TAKING

Group 6:

Anisa Wahyuni

Cayo Islami

Hany Rahmayanti

Novia Ertika

Yusi Gusniati


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Topic of Discussion

A. The Definition of Note-taking

B. The Importance of Note-takingC. The Difficulties in Note-taking

D. What to Note in Note-taking

E. 7 Principles of Note-taking

F. Mind Mapping in Note-taking


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A. The Definition of Note taking

According to Jones (2002 : 39), note-taking is part of the whole

process of consecutive interpreting including: understanding,analysis and re-expression, and if these activities are not done

correctly, the best notes in the world will not make a good

interpreter.


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B. The Importance of Note taking

By using note-taking, the interpreter will not interrupt speakers all

the time, and help him to remember what the speaker is saying.

(Hanh, 2006)

1. Notes improve concentration; prevent distraction, thus

facilitating the reception and analysis of the speech.

2. Notes help the interpreter relieve the memory.


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3. As mnemonic, notes activate the memory of the interpreter with

cues or signals that call up the information in the speech.4. The main ideas, the secondary elements and the links among

them become clear and easier for the interpreter to visualize.

5. Notes can also be used to highlight missing details,

inconsistencies within the speech and anything implausible that

needs attention latter.


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C. The Difficulties in Note Taking

1. Ifyourethinking too much about how to note something, youwill listen less well.

2. If your notes are unclear or illegible your production will suffer

becauseyoullput too much effort into reading them.


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l. Always ideas, arguments, never just words. But write down all

proper names, figures, titles, quotes.

2. Who speaks and about whom or what.

3. Tense of the action, i.e. present, past or future.

4. Whether the statement is negative, positive, interrogative or

exclamatory.5. Connections between ideas and arguments.

6. Emphasis and stress.

D. What to note - W. Keiser


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E. 7 Principles of Note taking

Jean-Franois Rozan (1956) proposed 7 principles in note-taking.

1. Noting the idea and not the word

2. The rules of abbreviation

3. Links

4. Negation

5. Adding emphasis6. Verticality

7. Shift


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1. Noting the idea and not the word

An interpreter must be free of the often misleading constraints

that words represent.

It is through the analysis and notation of the ideas that the

interpreter will avoid mistakes and a labored delivery.

Whenever taking notes the interpreter must concentrate on the

major idea and how this can be noted clearly and simply

(preferably in the target language, although this is not essential).


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If you have time, write a word as completely as possible,

however, if a word must be abbreviated, then write

some of the first and last letters rather than trying to

write as many letters as possible from the start onwards.

RULE


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c. Abbreviating the register

The expression which have contributed to is long. The word

helpis short.

Wherever possible we must abbreviate by using a word which

conveys the same meaning but is shorter.


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3. Links

When taking notes we should never miss out the links because an

idea can be distorted completely if its relation to the previous idea

is not clearly indicated.

Noting links becomes very simple if we use the key words that

follow.


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example:

tho : although, despite the fact that; to convey

opposition

tfe : therefore, one can then conclude; to convey

conclusion.

if : it is possible that, assuming that; to convey

supposition.

etc.


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4. Negation

Negation might be noted by means of a line running through a

word or symbol.

example:

If we use OKto signify agree, then disagree will be OK .

It is also possible to write the word nobefore the word to be

negated (thus in our example we would note no OK).


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6. Verticality

Verticality means taking notes from top to bottom rather than from leftto right.

This method makes it possible to:

group ideas logically, allowing a complete and immediate synthesis

when we come to read back our notes,

to do away with many links which would otherwise be essential to

the clarity of the text.


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a. Stacking

Stacking consists of placing different elements of the textabove or below one another.

example:

The chapters of the report which deal with economic situation inEurope offer additional information and new statistics


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b. Using Brackets

There are certain elements, which are mentioned to clarify an

idea or to highlight a particular point, but which are not integralto the speakers train of thought.These parts of a speech should

be noted in brackets.

example:

....which leads to new investment, particularly in the transport

sector


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7. Shift

Shift means writing notes in the place on a lower line where they

would have appeared had the text on the line above been

repeated.

example:

Over the course of 1954, prices rose, although not to the same

extent as income, thus the populations net income increased.


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4. As soon as the next sentence uttered by the speaker, jot down the

other and supporting points.

5. Then, draw lines to connect the points.

6. Remember to note the specific information like numbers. Date,

address, proper nouns etc.

The following diagram shows a further example of how the mind

mapping works in note taking.


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