Abstracts
Abstract
This article presents the first results of a longitudinal study involving a sample of 46 students of the SSLMIT of Trieste. The study aims at developing an aptitude test for candidates to Conference Interpreting courses at university level. The test is based on an exercise of simultaneous paraphrasing. The linguistic analysis of the performances at syntactic, semantic and pragmatic levels has shown statistically significant correlations between the test results, the marks of interpreting exams and the time spent by the students to complete their training in interpreting.
Keywords/Mots-clés:
- predictivity,
- coherence,
- syntax transformation,
- synonym,
- deletion
Résumé
Cet article présente les premiers résultats d’une étude longitudinale appliquée à un échantillon de 46 étudiants de la SSLMIT de Trieste. L’objectif de l’étude est la mise au point d’un test d’aptitude pour les candidats aux cours universitaires d’interprétation de conférence. Le test consiste en un exercice de paraphrase en simultanée. L’analyse linguistique des prestations selon trois niveaux, syntaxique, sémantique et pragmatique, a permis d’établir des corrélations, significatives au point de vue statistique, entre les résultats du test, les notes aux examens et le temps employé par les étudiants pour conclure leur formation en interprétation.
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