Speech compression in simultaneous interpreting as a cognitive transformation

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Doklady Bashkirskogo Universiteta. 2023. Volume 8. No. 4. pp. 51-59.

Authors

Ganeeva E. R.*
Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
49/2 Leningradsky Pr., 125167 Moscow, Russia

Abstract

The article focuses on the cognitive approach to studying compression in simultaneous interpreting. Speech compression is analyzed as a cognitive transformation of the system of meanings of the original on a metalinguistic level through identifying such concise means as metaphorical and metonymic transfer. Adequate simultaneous interpretation presupposes deep understanding of the source message: as a result, a cognitive entity of the original emerges in the mind of the interpreter, which they then endeavor to transform into the target message by means of compression.

Keywords

  • cognitive linguistics
  • translation studies
  • simultaneous interpreting
  • speech compression
  • metaphor
  • metonymy
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