INTERPRETER’S NOTE-TAKING: UKRAINIAN EXPERIENCE VS EUROPEAN TRADITION

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https://doi.org/10.20535/2410-8286.337838

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consecutive interpreting, content analysis, note-taking, shortening, symbol, verticality

Abstract

The article is dedicated to analyzing the Ukrainian experience of teaching note-taking for consecutive interpreting, based on the course “Introduction to the Interpreter’s Note-Taking” designed at the Mykola Lukash Translation and Interpreting Studies Department of the School of Foreign Languages at V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. The material for the research is provided by the textbook “Basics of the Interpreter’s Note-Taking” that was written to accompany the above course. The relevance of the research is determined by the importance of note-taking as an essential part of the interpreters’ training curriculum and the necessity to propose an efficient model of its teaching suitable for the Ukrainian market of educational services. Thus, the research pursues the double aim: (1) to define the concept of note-taking in regard to its history and modern state; (2) to compare our course in note-taking with foreign analogues in a broader framework of interpreters’ training models. To achieve this aim, the study employs several qualitative analytical methods: (1) analysis and synthesis; (2) descriptive method; (3) comparative method. Note-taking is taught as an organic combination of four elements: (1) content analysis; (2) shortenings; (3) verticality; (4) symbols. The conducted research makes it possible to formulate the main differences in the Ukrainian and European approaches to teaching note-taking: (1) the students’ level and (2) the degree of material detailing. It offers a new vision of note-taking as a didactic instrument that can be designed and utilized independently with respect to the specifics of a particular educational program.

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Author Biographies

Oleksandr Rebrii, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University

Doctor of Sciences in Philology

Inna Rebrii, Ivan Kozhedub Kharkiv National Air Forces University

Candidate of Sciences in Philology

Olha Pieshkova, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University

Doctor of Philosophy (Philology)

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2025-12-31

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Rebrii, O., Rebrii, I. ., & Pieshkova, O. . (2025). INTERPRETER’S NOTE-TAKING: UKRAINIAN EXPERIENCE VS EUROPEAN TRADITION. Advanced Education, 19(27), 5–21. https://doi.org/10.20535/2410-8286.337838

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