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Gardenia C. Hung, Communications Consultant and Notary Public, answers the following frequently asked questions about interpretation. 
Please see Credits and Resources for Interpreting FAQs for additional information.

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What are the skills...?

 
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What are the steps...?

 
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What are the modes...?

 
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What is sight translation...?

 
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What is consecutive interpreting ...?

 
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What is simultaneous interpreting...?

 
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What are the settings for interpreting modes.. ?

 
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What is medical interpreting...?

 
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What is court interpreting...?

 
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What is conference interpreting...?

 
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What is community interpreting...?

 
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What is escort interpreting...?

 
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What are some interpreting strategies...?

 
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What is the difference between translation and interpretation...?

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What are the skills necessary to be an interpreter?
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Anticipation 

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Listening Skills 

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Understanding of a message (units of meaning) 

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Detachment from words 

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Split attention (multi-tasking abilities) 

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Memory 

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Flexibility 

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Quickness 

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Sensitivity to Languages Registers (Levels) 
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High Register

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Middle Register 

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Low Register 

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Sensitivity to Dialects (Regional Variations of Language) 

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Problem-Solving Strategies 

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Paraphrasing 

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Accuracy in Expression 

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