同步口譯過程中,自聽聞原文到產出譯文的時間差,是為聽譯時間差(Ear-Voice Span, EVS),為同步口譯員策略運用與時間管理的重點。本研究旨在探究中文同步 口譯入英文時,聽譯時間差與口譯表現的關聯。本研究邀請十五名中文母語(A)、 英文外語(B)的專業譯者與同步中進英修習滿一年之翻譯所學生參與實驗。全體受 試者皆進行一篇中文演講的進英同步口譯後,筆者蒐集十五份錄音,所產生的逐字 稿與數據用以測量聽譯時間差,進而分析聽譯時間差與錯誤類別的關聯,以及與表 達風格的關聯。本研究採用 Barik (1973)的錯誤分類,以及 Liu (2007)的表達風格量 表。分析結果顯示,十三個錯誤類別中,僅有兩個與聽譯時間差有關聯:延誤漏譯 與顯著措辭變更於長 EVS 區間的發生次數偏多;聽譯時間差則與表達風格分數未 呈現任何關聯。

During simultaneous interpretation, the time lag between hearing the source text and delivering the target text is known as the Ear-Voice Span (EVS), which plays a crucial role in strategy use and time management in SI. This study aims to investigate the relationship between the time lag (EVS) and Mandarin-to-English simultaneous interpreting performance. To reach this aim, fifteen Mandarin A (English B) interpreters, who either were professional conference interpreters or students who had completed two semesters of SI to English training, were invited and asked to interpret a Mandarin speech into English, producing fifteen recordings which were transcribed to measure EVS, to analyze the relationship between EVS and error types, and that between EVS and delivery scores. Error type classification by Barik (1973) was utilized as well as delivery rating criteria by Liu (2007). Findings of this study suggest that only two out of thirteen error types are correlated to EVS: delayed omission and gross phrasing change both have statistically higher occurrences when EVS is longer. Also, findings suggest that there is no correlation between EVS and delivery grades.

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