1. I N T R O D U C T I O N T O I N T E R P R E T I N G
Interpreting models

2. What is a Model?

3. What is a Model?

4. Models Can Show Us How to
Replicate Something

5. Things that are too big Things that are too small
Models Help Us Visualize

6. Where Does the Work of
Interpreting Happen?

7. Where Does the Work of
Interpreting Happen?

8. Where Does the Work of
Interpreting Happen?

9. H E L P U S TAL K TO E AC H O T H E R
H E L P U S S E PAR AT E O U R S E LV E S F R O M T H E W O R K
H E L P U S AN ALY Z E O U R W O R K
G I V E U S A P I C T U R E O F H O W O U R M I N D S W O R K
Why Have Interpreting Models?

10. Three Types
of
Interpreting
Models
 Socio-cultural Models
 Reflect the historical evolution of our
profession
 Cognitive Processing Models
 Describe what happens within our
brains during the interpreting process
 Task Models
o Show us how we should approach our
work

11. Socio-Cultural Models
 Helper Model
 Machine (Conduit) Model
 Communication Facilitator
 Ally Model
 Bi-lingual/Bi-cultural Model

12. Cognitive Processing Models
 Descriptive
 Explain how the process of interpreting occurs in our
brains
 Colonomos Model
 Cokely Model
 Gile Effort Model
 Russell Meaning-Based Model

13. Task Models
Prescriptive; tell us how we should approach our work.
 Gish Model
 Demand-Control Schema
 Weisman P’s