What are the different types of interpreting?
There are three types of interpreting. They are: • Consecutive: Providing the interpreted words after the speaker has stopped speaking. The length of the interpretation may near the limits of the interpreter’s capacity for recalling what is said. Interpreters would typically take notes to help them interpret. • Simultaneous: Providing the interpreted words continuously at the same time someone is speaking. • Sight: Sometimes referred to as “sight translation,” this is a hybrid type of interpreting during which the interpreter reads a document written in one language while converting it orally into another language. In this type of interpreting, a written text is interpreted without advance notice. Court interpreters often sight-translate legal documents such as plea agreements.
