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Self-correction as an Indicator of Quality Assessment in Simultaneous Interpreting from Spanish into Czech
Bačkovská, Taťána ; Mračková Vavroušová, Petra (advisor) ; Malkovská, Alžběta (referee)
This theoretical-empirical thesis deals with the quality assessment of simultaneous interpreters done by clients not familiar with the original speech, with special regard to self-correction. The aim of this thesis is to find out what effect self-correction has on listeners who are not familiar with the content of the original speech. At the same time, the thesis tries to shed light on the influence of stress on self-correction and it wants to reveal if being under stress leads to a lower level of self-correction, or if it stimulates the interpreters. The theoretical part of the thesis deals with the simultaneous interpretation in general, working conditions of a simultaneous interpreter, self-correction and it shows some of the previous investigations in the field of quality assessment of simultaneous interpreting. Also, the thesis investigates various factors that influence simultaneous interpretation and it presents mistakes typology. The empirical part of the study describes the experiment with students interpreting simultaneously from Spanish into Czech and it presents the results obtained via questionnaire surveys.
Anotated translation: Capítulo II (Parte segunda del libro) - "De la niñez al matrimonio" (str. 227 - 254). CARO BAROJA, Julio. De la vida rural vasca (Vera de Bidasoa). 2. ed. San Sebastián: Editorial Txertoa, 1974, 367 p. ISBN 8471480166.
Bačkovská, Taťána ; Králová, Jana (advisor) ; Charvátová, Anežka (referee)
The thesis consists of two parts: practical and theoretical. The practical part contains the translation of one chapter from the book De la vida rural vasca (Vera de Bidasoa) by the Spanish author Julio Caro Baroja. In particular, the chapter that was translated was the second chapter De la niñez al matrimonio situated in the second part of the book. The chapter describes Basque traditions of the mid-20th century, among which descriptions of children's games, typical Basque sport game - pelota, and wedding customs in Vera de Bidasoa and its surroundings could be found. The text was translated from Spanish to Czech. The second part of the thesis, the theoretical one, includes the translation analysis, translation problems encountered while translating and their solutions.

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