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1.2.CurrentdemandforSiT
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ideahasalreadyturnedintoatrend:KProfessionally,moreandmoretransla-
torsnowdictatetheirfirstdraftoftranslationsintoadigitalrecorderusing
sighttranslation,andthenconverttheresultingsoundfiletoaneditable
writtenformatwiththehelpofvoicerecognitionsoftware”.
Interestingly,CarmenValero-Garcésclaimsthatmoreandmoreprivate
companiesspecializeinKtransferringspokencontent(fromaudiooraudiovi-
sualrecordings)towrittentranscriptsusingvoicerecognitioncomputerpro-
grams”(2015:158).Ifthisisthecase,itappearsthatsolutionsareinplace
totakesomepartoftheburdenolthesighttranslators’shoulders.Further
on,Valero-GarcésnoticesthatKwhereKsensitive’,security-relatedcontentis
involved,thistaskisusuallycarriedoutbythetranslatorsorinterpretersem-
ployedbysecurityagencies”(2015:158).Insuchcases,masteringtheuseof
transcriptionmethodscouldbetantamounttonewemploymentopportuni-
tiesfortranslators,whoaremoreandmoreoftenencouragedtostepbeyond
theirpreferredmodalityandKprovidecomprehensiveservicesinwrittentrans-
lation,sighttranslationandinterpretation”(Chen2015).
Shouldtheassemblylineanalogypresentedaboveappeartoridthetrans-
latorsandinterpretersoftheirdignityascreativeintellectuals,theywouldbe
encouragedinsteadtoseeitasaninspirationtostreamlinetheirperformance.
meycouldachievethisgoalbyusingthepoweroftheirprocessingcapacity
andeIcientworkorganizationwithoutnecessarilyresortingtotechnologies,
whichsomeofthemfindoverwhelming.meunderstandingoftheworkings
ofthehumanmindinthecourseofSiTmayproveconducivetoappreciat-
ingthecorrectivepowerofthebrainandtoarrivingatanarrayoftranslation
techniquessupportingthetaskofmanagingtheelortsinvolved.
DanielGile(1997,2009)depictedthesementaloperationsasasumof
fourelorts.meseare:thereadingelort,memoryelort,speechproduc-
tionelort(includingamonitoringofone’sproduction,i.e.listeningto
whetherwhatisbeingsaidislogicallyandgrammaticallycoherent)and
coordinationelort.mecoordinationconsistsinmakingsurethatnoneof
theotherelortsusesupanexcessiveamountofthebraincapacity,which
aproductfromscratchtoitsfinalshapebeforetheycanmoveontoassembleanother
item;theassemblylinefreestheircapacitytoworkmoreeIcientlyfocusingonasingle,
specializedacitivityintheprocess(Gorszczyńska2010).
