口译记忆有三种类型:即瞬时记忆、短时记忆和长时记忆。一般来讲,记忆的效果与记忆材料的类型有一定的关系。比如逻辑关系清晰、结构紧凑的语料记忆起来就比较容易、记忆保持的效果也比较理想。另外,记忆的效果还与待识记语料是否具有形象性有关。人们对贴近生活实景生动、形象的描述记忆起来会比较容易,印象也比较深刻。本文介绍几种口译考试中的记忆方法,方便同学们进行训练,提升记忆水平来应对CATTI口译考试。
一、信息视觉化和现实化训练
这种训练是针对大脑对意像语料的敏感性而设计的,旨在训练译员通过将信息内容现实化、视觉化来记忆信息的能力。比如听到以下一段内容:
I was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his cell phone rang, interrupting our conversation. There we were, walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day and – poof! – I became invisible, absent from the conversation. The park was filled with people talking on their cell phones. They were passing other people without looking at them, saying hello, noticing their babies or stopping to pet their puppies. Evidently, the untethered electronic voice is preferable to human contact.
听到这一段生动形象的描述之后,译员便可在头脑中勾画这样一副图景:自己正与一位朋友在公园中散步、闲谈。突然,谈话被朋友的手机打断。然后放眼四周,发现到处是只顾自己拿着手机讲话而无暇互相交流的人们。译员就这样通过现实化、形象化的方法将一篇复杂的描写转化成生活中一个再熟悉不过的镜头摄入了头脑。然后,译员再用译语将眼前的这幅图景按照自己的方式描述出来即可。这样不仅记忆深刻、全面,而且译员也不会陷入机械的“找词翻译”的误区。