2.2 Analysis of the note-taking mistakes
From a syntactic perspective, and from a personal point of view, there are 2 ways ofwriting your notes down: On the one hand, if the speech is clear enough and if younotice that you can easily keep up with the pace with which the speaker delivers thespeech then it is better if you quickly process the sentence in your mind and write down the key words in the order of the target language; On the other hand, if you arenot very familiar with the speaker’s voice, or if what he says is rather unclear andsounds more like muffling, compelling you to pay more attention and consume moretime trying to deduce the words, and moreover if you can’t keep up with the speedwith which the speech is delivered, then I recommend you to write down the keywords in the order in which you hear them, the source language order - the minor riskis that it will take you more time when you’ll read your notes(since you’ll have toorganize the words in your mind in the syntactical order of the target language), themajor risk is that you’ll probably read them according to the source language andimmediately correct yourself - this will not be very pleasing to the ear of the listener,but it will help you translate more important information.
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Chapter Three: Strategies for overcoming Obscurity...................37
3.1 Solving the problem of Obscurity by creating a reliable note-takingsystem.........37
3.1.1 Symbols, the essence of note-taking................37
3.1.2Abbreviations, a potential alternative................40
Chapter Four: Conclusion and Recommendations..................50
4.1 Summary of results(conclusion).......50
4.2 Recommendations...........51
CHAPTER THREE: STRATEGIES FOR OVERCOMINGOBSCURITY
3.1 Solving the problem of Obscurity by creating a reliable note-taking system
3.1.1 Symbols, the essence of note-taking
There are so many sources from where you can adopt new symbols: Chinesecharacters, other alphabets, Punctuation, Currencies, Text messages, Mathematics etc;and I happily say that all of these sources have proved to be very useful for me.In these two years, as MTI student I’ve consulted many reliable sign sources in orderto create a complex system of signs. I’ve always believed that the more sings you use,the better of an interpreter you’ll become. But, I was wrong. Of course that more signsare indeed a very good way to simplify your note-taking system, but “if you don’thave a sound, consistent and meaningful note-taking system, then no number ofsymbols is going to help you [Gillies, 2017:152]”. It is very important to “discover” inyourself the signs that fit you the best, to internalize them and to know how to usethem together with different strategies.
Nevertheless, if your visual memory is better than your capacity of rememberinginformation(like in my case), it is recommended to create a very consistent system ofsigns, and that is because signs are quicker to write and read than words, can savespace on your page leaving the structure of your notes clearer, and by using moresigns you can easily avoid language interference, because symbols reflect concepts,not words.
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