What's the difference between simultaneous interpretation and oral translation?

First of all, the translation methods are different.

1. Simultaneous interpretation: short for "simultaneous interpretation", also known as "simultaneous interpretation" and "simultaneous interpretation", refers to a translation method in which an interpreter explains the content to the audience without interrupting the speaker.

2. Oral translation: Translation activities, as the name implies, refer to the activities of translators to translate the target language into the target language orally.

Second, the characteristics are different.

1, simultaneous interpretation: the biggest feature is high efficiency. The average interval between the translation of the original text and the translation is three to four seconds, and the longest can reach more than ten seconds, so it can ensure that the speaker can make a coherent speech without affecting or interrupting the speaker's thinking, which is conducive to the audience's understanding of the whole speech.

2. Oral translation: Interpreters will sit in the back "booth", receive the speaker's information through headphones and sights or videos, and then translate it into microphones, while the audience sitting in the venue can listen to the interpreter's translation through headphones through special audio receiving equipment.

Third, the application scenarios are different.

1, simultaneous interpretation: Because of its advantage of not occupying meeting time, it has developed into the most commonly used mode of conference interpretation and is widely used in various international occasions. 95% of international conferences in the world use simultaneous interpretation.

2. Oral translation: mostly used in small occasions involving only two working languages, such as diplomatic meetings, bilateral negotiations, visits, small-scale consultations, interviews with journalists, judicial and quasi-judicial procedures, banquet speeches, press conferences, short-term small seminars, etc.

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