On this page you will find a brief introduction to some of the more useful texts published on consecutive interpreting.
Pedagogie Raisonnee De L’interpretation (Traductologie) (Volume 4) (French Edition) (9782864606406): Lederer, M., Seleskovitch, , D. 1989.
Originally for trainers this distillation and practical explanation of Seleskovitch’s teaching theory and practice is still fantastically useful.
Consecutive Interpreting – a short course
Gillies, Andrew, 2019, Routledge
A step-by-step introduction to consecutive interpreting for students and trainers. Available here.
Read a review at AIIC.org here
Read a review in The International Journal for Translation & Interpreting Research here
Conference Interpreting Explained.
Jones, Roderick. 1998 Routledge.
THE book!
Almost all you’ll ever need to know about how to do this job.
To read an interview with R.J. click here!
Conference Interpreting – A Complete Course
Robin Setton and Andrew Dawrant
“This comprehensive coursebook sets out an updated step-by-step programme of training, designed to meet the increasingly challenging conditions of the 21st century, and adaptable by instructors with the appropriate specializations to cover all these different applications in contemporary practice “
Conference Interpreting – a student’s practice book (2nd edition 2023)
Andrew Gillies
A compilation of tried and tested practical exercises which hone the sub-skills that make up successful conference interpreting. Includes section on how to organise practice sessions out of class.
Langues, Langages et Memoire
Danica Seleskovitch, 1973
The book version of Seleskovitch’s doctoral thesis, one of the first on interpreting.
To find out about the matriarch of the profession click here…
Conference Interpreting – A Complete Course
Robin Setton and Andrew Dawrant
There’s a very good section on Consec in this book.
“This comprehensive coursebook sets out an updated step-by-step programme of training, designed to meet the increasingly challenging conditions of the 21st century, and adaptable by instructors with the appropriate specializations to cover all these different applications in contemporary practice “
Consecutive Note-taking and Interpreter Training
Yasumasa Someya
Includes very interesting history of training in Japan (a system that is agency-run with graduates tied to the agency and yet a system that is very successful – imagine suggesting that in Europe!) and a summary in English of Michaela Albl-Mikasa’s very important PhD on Note-taking as an inter-language.
On note-taking
Note-taking for Consecutive Interpreting – A Short Course
Aimed at students of conference interpreting, whether on university and professional training courses or self-learners, Note-taking for Consecutive Interpreting – A Short Course offers future interpreters a step-by-step guide to the skill of note-taking, which forms an essential part of consecutive interpreting.
Read a review of this book here!
Read a review (3) of this book at AIIC
To read an extract (1) from this book click here! http://interpreters.free.fr/consecanalysis/linksgillies.htm
La prise de notes en interprétation consécutive
Rozan, Jean Francois, 1956 Geneve . Georg.
The original and seminal work on consecutive. Has aged well. To see an extract click here. To our knowledge now out of print.
Notetaking in Consecutive Interpreting
Rozan, Jean Francois, 2003, Tertium.
TOMA DE NOTAS EN INTERPRETACION CONSECUTIVA
Rozan, Jean Francois, Elkar
ISBN: 978-84-8373-994-5
Teaching Consecutive interpreting
Gerard Ilg & Sylvie Lambert
A history of approaches to teaching consecutive note-taking
TÉCNICAS DE INTERPRETACIÓN CONSECUTIVA: LA TOMA DE NOTAS
Bosch 2003
A new (May 2013) book on consec note-taking in Spanish.
Konsekutivdolmetschen und Notation
Doerte Andres, Peter Lang 2002.
Broad empirical study of note-taking by professionals and students. Very useful to see what causes problems and what solves them.
Consecutive Interpreting
Hiromi ITO-BERGEROT (Professor at ESIT), Chikako TSURUTA and Minoru NAITO (Tokyo Gaigo Daigaku)
Zhu-bu kou-yi yu bi-ji
[Consecutive interpretation and note-taking].
Liu, Minhua. (2008).Taipei: Bookman
One of the very few books in Chinese that we have seen. This was originally published in 1993 and has recently been revised and republished.
Take it or leave it? Notationstechnik beim konsekutivdolmetschen chinesisch–deutsch
In German
“Die in Europa etablierte Notationstechnik ist entsprechend gut erforscht. Auch die Praxis zeigt, dass sie offenbar für zahlreiche Sprachen funktioniert. Doch wie steht es um das Sprachenpaar Chinesisch–Deutsch? Yafen Zhao vergleicht Notation und Notationstechnik beim Dolmetschen im Deutschen und im Chinesischen.”
A Coursebook of Consecutive Interpreting
Wen Ren
In Chinese
Zapisi v posledovatel’nom perevode. Minjar-Beloručev, P.K. (1997) Moskva: Stella
Миньяр-Белоручев, Р. К. (1997) Записи в последовательном переводе. Москва: Стелла
A Russian classic but not easy to get hold of!
Д.И. Красовский, А.П. Чужакин
Конференц-ПеревоД теорИя И ПрАКтИКА
Interprétation consécutive et prise de notes
Chuzkakin, Delizée, Godart, Lenglet
Messaggi in codice
Claudia Monacelli, Analisi del discorso e strategie per prenderne appunti, Forli
Great ideas to liven up learning consecutive. Practical and learner friendly.
La Terzia Lingua
Garzone, Santulli, Damiani
Handbuch der Notizentechnik fuer Dolmetscher
Heinz Matyssek
For many years the standard teaching book in Germany. It’s full of good ideas, but rather goes into overkill on the symbols, suggesting thousands. Chapters on technique are useful.
Read an extract (in EN translation) here
Note-taking basics by Matyssek
Between the signs
Judith Farwick
This book looks at the use of symbols in consecutive interpreting. Read a review (in Spanish) here.
Articles
Note-taking in consecutive interpreting. On the reconstruction of an individualised language
Kurt Kohn & Michaela Albl- Mikasa.