UNIVERSIDAD POPULAR AUTÓNOMA DE VERACRUZ

BANCO DE REACTIVOS
LICENCIATURA EN IDIOMA INGLÉS
INTERPRETACIÓN CONSECUTIVA INGLÉS- ESPAÑOL- INGLES
CLAVE: IDI634
SEXTO CUATRIMESTRE

000001 WHAT WERE THE FIRST WORLD CIVILIZATIONS WHO EXERCISED INTERPRETATION?
RESP. A A) Grace, Rome and Egipt.
TEMA 1 B) Totonacas, Mixtecas, Zapotecas.
SUBT. 1.1.1 C) Chinese, Mandarin and Pakistani.
T.B. D) Vikings, Eskimos and Venusians

000002 WHAT IS THE ORATORY?

RESP. B A) It´s a prayer
TEMA 1 B) It´s the ability that someone has to speak and explain a point of view to the public in clear,
attractive and understandable way.
SUBT. 1.1 C) It´s a seat
T.B. D) It´s a place to worship God

000003 MENTION THREE TYPES OF INTERPRETING

RESP. A) Writing, listening and speaking.
TEMA 1 B) Arabic, Islamic and Greek.
SUBT. 1.1 C) Consecutive, Simultaneous and Whispering
T.B. D) Mimic, signals and draws

000004 MENTION THREE STEPS TO ORGANIZE A CONFERENCE

RESP. D A) Make a phone, make a funny party and organize a babyshower.
TEMA 1 B) Visit museums, go to the Disco, go to school
SUBT. 1.2 C) Invite your best friends, make a dinner, organize a birthday
T.B. D) Documentation technical equipment, conference Interpreting, liaison, etc

000005 WHAT ARE THE THREE CATEGORIES OF CLASSIFICATIONS OF INTERPRETER´S WORKING

LANGUAGES?
RESP. A A) Interpreter´s mother tongue, Perfectly fluent and Understand Perfectly
TEMA 1 B) Tools, notebooks and books
SUBT. 1.3 C) Appointments, dates and meetings
T.B. D) interpreters, translators and writers
000006 WRITE SOME SKILLS OF INTERPRETERS
RESP. C A) Walking a lot, Speaking well and listening well
TEMA 1 B) Having a lot of friends, selling advertising and aptitude of service
SUBT. 1.4 C) Knowledge of the general subject of the speeches, Extensive vocabulary in both languages and
Ability to express thoughts clearly and Excellent note-taking techniques.
T.B. D) Manage people and move the staff,
 000007 READING ABOUT PROCESS OF THE CONSECUTIVE INTERPRETING AND CHECK (x) TRUE OR
FALSE THE A, B, C, OR C, STATEMENTS.
RESP. A-T Consecutive interpreters perform the following process: They are required to listen to a consecutive
B-F speech in the source language for five to ten minutes. The interpreting process places great
C-T demands on the interpreter´s memory effort, as the interpreting requires interpreters to retain the
D-F heard information instantaneously for further interpreting tasks. Notes are therefore suggested as
a means of an aid to assist the interpreter in retaining and retrieving Note-taking, especially in long
interpretation, is a skill employed in the process of conducting consecutive interpreting to better
the quality of the interpretation. Qualified interpreters are expected to be proficient in taking notes
in order to carry out consecutive interpreting efficiently and effectively. Note-taking serves as a
bridge connecting the gap between the interpreter´s memory and the production.

TRUE FALSE

A) The interpreters are required to listen to a consecutive speech in x

the source language for five to ten minutes.
TEMA 2 B) in the interpreting process places is not necessary the interpreter´s x
memory effort.
SUBT. 2.1 C) Note-taking, especially in long interpretation, is a skill employed in x
the process of conducting consecutive interpreting to better the
quality of the interpretation.
T.B. D) the interpreting not requires interpreters to retain the heard x
information instantaneously for further interpreting tasks.

000008 WRITE SOME EXAMPLES OF DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED FOR INTERPRETATION

RESP. BA) Equipment of sound and music, cellphone, laptop
B) Conference papers in all languages, prepare their own glossaries, an agenda with written speeches,
Background information on the organization or association, curricula vitae for key speakers,
TEMA 2 the names of officers of the organization.
SUBT. 2.2 C) Recipes, lyrics, books
T.B. D) Maps, blueprints, graphics.
000009 MENTION THE CRITERIA TO ASSESS USERS´ IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THE
INTERPRETATION.
RESP. A A) speed, pauses, hesitancy, intonation, fluency, mistakes, register, style, etc.
TEMA B) Good make up, well dressing and good voice
SUBT. 2.3 C) Be nice with the people, good breath and be clean and tidy
T.B. D) Be happy, be hardworking and efficiently.

000010 ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF THE INTERPRETATION WITHOUT NOTE-TAKING

RESP. B A) (adv. You can go quickly, you don´t waste time) (disadv. you could lose friends, you can´t eat)
TEMA 3 B) (adv. Memory sharpens, greater focus on the interaction) (disadv. He or she may forget
important details at the time of interpretation, without note-taking, one can hardly do a good job)
SUBT. 3.1 C) (adv. The interpreter doesn´t buy notebooks) (disadv. You receive less money)
T.B. D) (adv. You can answer cellphones) (disadv. You can´t drink water)

000011 THE DISCOURSE IS DIVIDED IN THREE KINDS OF TEXTS WHAT ARE THEY?
RESP. C A) Accounts, mathematics and rhytnm.
TEMA 3 B) Time, versus and rate
SUBT. 3.1 C) Oral, written and mixed text
D) Minutes, hours and seconds
 000012 MENTION THE SEVEN CRITERIA HAVE FULLFILLED TO BE IN THE WRITTEN AND SPOKEN
TEXT AS A DISCOURSE
RESP. B A) Respectful, grateful, vulnerability and cadency
TEMA 3 B) Cohesion, Coherence, intentionality, acceptability, informativiness, situationality, intertextuality.
C) Measure, timing, strict, correction
SUBT. 3.1 D) Training, practicing, interpreting, writing

000013 IN THE ORAL COMMUNICATIVE THE DISCOURSE IS DIVIVED IN SIX TYPES, WHAT ARE THEY?
RESP. D A) Title, authors, index, quotes, numerical order, covers
TEMA 3 B) Pages, novels, poems, music, versus, essays
SUBT 3.2 C) Website, Netscape, programs, browsers, internet, cable
D) Presentation, message, report, public debate, conversation and interview

000014 WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SPEECH AND WRITING?

RESP. A A) The writing keeps record of the conveyed message while speech involves only air.
TEMA 3 B) Measure, timing, cadence and alignment.
SUBT 3.3 C) Faithful, vulnerability and cadency
D) Graphics, list statistics and diagram

000015 FILL IN BLANKS OF THE OUTLINE ABOUT PROCESS NOTE- TAKING

RESP. A
B B
C A
D
E
F
D
G C
H

F
H

A) Understanding
B) What is the speaker talking about?
C) Analyzing
D) What to note?
E) How to note?
F) When to note?
G) Notes
H) Re- expression
TEMA 4
SUBT. 4.1
 000016 WRITE THE THREE BASIC QUESTIONS MUST BE ANSWERED BY THE INTERPRETER AND
DESCRIBE IN A BRIEF FORM EACH ONE.
RESP. C A) What do you do? / How are you? / When could I start?
TEMA 4 B) What time is it? / What are you doing? / How is it going?
SUBT. 4.1 C) What to note? (identifying, selecting and retaining important ideas)/ How to note?
(using abbreviations and symbols) When to note? (when the interpreter can sense the meaning of
a sentence which has not completed, he or she should note it down).
D) How do you say? / What is the speech? / When is the event?

000017 WRITE SOME ABBREVIATIONS USED BY THE INTERPRETERS

RESP. A A) H20, (agua), - (minus) $(money),USA, NASA, B/4 (before), w/ (with)
TEMA 4 B) Table, house, sister, tree
SUBT. 4.2 C) Robert, Charles, Maria, Anne
D) Cat, dog, bird, guns

000018 WRITE SOME ACRONYMS USED BY THE INTERPRETERS

RESP. D A) Charly, table, chair
TEMA 4 B) Alfa, mega, ultra
C) Cometra, Astra, Venus
D) USA, NASA,UNESCO
SUBT. 4.2

000019 IN ORDER TO CREATE A NOTE-TAKING SYSTEM. STUDENTS SHOULD DEVELOP THEIR

INDIVIDUAL SYSTEMS TROUGHT USING KEY WORDS TO….
RESP. A
A) To carry essential information, to shorten sentences, to omit articles, exclamations, unimportant
Prepositions, adjectives and adverbs.
TEMA 4 B) To open doors and windows.
SUBT. 4.2 C) To close boxes and vaults
D) To make sure the merchandise.

000020 WHICH OF THE FOUR WRITTEN ARE SYMBOLS PERFORMED BY THE CONSECUTIVE
INTERPRETERS?
RESP. B
A)

B)

TEMA 4
C)

D)

SUBT. 4.2