2. Chuchotage
In whispered interpreting (chuchotage) /su:sotaj/, the
interpreter sits or stands next to the small targetlanguage audience whilst whispering a simultaneous
interpretation of the matter to hand;
Chuchotage is used in circumstances where the
majority of a group speaks the source language, and a
minority (ideally no more than three people) does not
speak it.
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4. Chuchotage
This method requires no equipment, but may be
done via a microphone and headphones if the
participants prefer.
Chuchotage may well involve portable interpreting
equipment, with its use being ever more on the
increase. Such interpreting can be viewed as a subvariant of whispered interpreting.
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6. Guided Plant Tours
It permits significant flexibility since no interpreting
booth is required. It is for instance ideal for guided
plant tours.
The interpreter stays close to the speaker and in a low
voice interprets what is being said into a wireless
microphone.
Listeners in the vicinity hear what is being interpreted
via headsets.
Preferably, however, this mode of interpreting is used
only under specific circumstances and for a maximum of
c. 25 listeners.
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9. Benefits
No simultaneous interpreting booth is required
Great flexibility (hence particularly well suited for
guided tours at industrial plant)
10. Drawbacks (1)
The
whispered interpreting may distract other
participants (the interpreter is not housed in a soundproof booth, as would normally be the case)
11. Drawbacks (2)
The
interpreter may similarly be somewhat
distracted, being exposed to a great variety of noises
(and the original is not transmitted via a microphone
to the interpreter’s headset as would be the case in an
interpreting booth). Consequently, the interpreter
always needs to be positioned close to the speaker, and
all participants need to exercise a significant degree of
discipline.
13. Fields of Use
Seminars
Meeting
Events with a very small number of participants who
are in need of language assistance, and who
themselves do not intend to take the floor Guided
plant tours
14. Practice of (whispered)
Interpreting
Speech of President Yudhoyono:
International Relations :
It is not enough
for Indonesia and Australia
just to be neighbors
