A Language That Linguists Thought Couldn’t Exist

Re:A Language That Linguists Thought Couldn’t Exist by cmurf on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @02:41PM (#14597296)

When simultaneously translated English to Spanish, my translators complained because I speak fast, and they'd tell me they can't keep up. When I slow down enough, I end up losing my train of thought, so I had to practice speaking slower.

Also it might differ Mexican Spanish vs Castilian, where I didn't get much of a complaint by Castilian translators.

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Re:A Language That Linguists Thought Couldn’t Exist by pbh101 on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @06:21PM (#14599089)

Your scenario introduce 'translation' as an additional task. I wouldn't be surprised if that ends up being the bottleneck, rather than anything specific to either the input or output language processing.

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Re:A Language That Linguists Thought Couldn’t Exist by ghaff on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @07:34PM (#14599446)

For me, it's not so much losing my train of thought but it drops me out of any sort of real conversational mode. At which point, I can feel like I'm giving up any sort of real engagement and just saying words.

(Though, in my experience, simultaneous translators I've worked with and listened to are pretty good. They seem to usually do a better than decent job even for speakers going along at a "normal" pace.)

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