http://www.proz.com/forums/ Topic: Memory training II en-us Mon, 09 Nov 2026 16:39:03 +0000 Mon, 09 Nov 2026 16:39:03 +0000 http://www.proz.com/faq support@proz.com (ProZ.com Support) support@proz.com (ProZ.com Support) Williamson Interpreting http://www.proz.com/post/626804#626804 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:39:00 +0000 <b>Forum:</b> Interpreting<br/><b>Topic:</b> Memory training II<br/><b>Poster:</b> Williamson<br/><br/>Third part of an exam program for the job of translator/interpreter at the Belgian parliament.<br />Summary in Dutch and critical comment in French of a lecture of 20 minutes in Dutch about a university level subject of general interest. No note-taking allowed.<br /><br />The purpose of this part of the exam is to gauge the candidates' synthetical and critical abilities<br /><br />Therefore, the candidate must hand in:<br /><br />a) A summary in Dutch in the form of a well-written text. <br />b) A comment in French with remarks, personal considerations and possible objections and critiques deemed suitable by the candidates.<br />--<br />If put this under "interpreting", because it is not exactly consecutive interpreting, but it has some aspects of it. <br />Only in consecutive the average duration is 9 minutes. Here it is 20. How would you prepare (your memory) for such a test. You are not allowed to take notes, so how would you proceed? Like consecutive, you must render what is being said and you can not make up your own story.