The Style Parameter in Quality Evaluation and Expectations of Simultaneous Interpreting

Jessica Pérez-Luzardo Díaz

doi:10.30827/sendebar.v26i0.2955

Authors

Jessica Pérez-Luzardo Díaz Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30827/sendebar.v26i0.2955

Keywords:

quality assessment, grandiloquent style parameter, user groups, users’ expectations, simultaneous interpreting

Abstract

This study focuses on the analysis of the style parameter, which is one of the nine parameters established by Bühler (1986) to evaluate the quality of an interpretation, and its impact on conference interpretations. Three studies have been designed to analyze the replies of a group of specialized users, and how the subjects understand the concept of ‘style’. These studies also show the effect of a manipulation to create an excessively complex style on the recipients of the interpretation, users’ expectations, and the interaction of this parameter with others, both verbal and non-verbal. Although the study indicates the lack of consensus when it comes to a definition of the concept of style, it also shows that its significance may be greater than that which has been attributed to it so far in the field of interpretation.

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Author Biography

Jessica Pérez-Luzardo Díaz, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Jessica Pérez-Luzardo received her Master’s degree in conference interpreting at the University of La Laguna in 1997. In 2005, she obtained her PhD in Translation Studies from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria with a doctoral thesis on didactics of simultaneous interpreting. Since 1996 she has taught translation and interpreting studies. Her research focuses on interpreting pre-exercises, quality parameters in conference interpreting, and affective variables such as motivation, anxiety and self-concept in the interpreting learning process.