ANTICIPATION AS A MEANS OF FACILITATING SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETING

Abstract

Тhis paper studies a range of means to facilitate simultaneous interpreting through anticipation by analyzing the explicit and implicit signals of the text’s potential direction. These include the so-called distant action elements predicting it and allowing the interpreter to anticipate information not yet received and thus save time and eff ort in recoding the text. Attention to these elements both in the process of training specialists in si multaneous interpreting and at the stage of professional interpreting in real-life conditions, mastering the arsenal of such tools along with other specifi c skills ensures high quality of interpreting. It also ensres the interpreter’s confi dence, reduces their anxiety and contributes to achieving mutual understanding between the speaker and the audience. Mastering the set of logical and semantic relations in the text serves as a basis for analyzing how the predictive elements of distant action function in a particular context and, thus, is an obligatory component of training professional interpreters as well as an indispensable attribute of the arsenal of tools of a professional simultaneous interpreter.