Barbara Ahrens | John Benjamins

Ahrens, Barbara and Przemysław Janikowski 2025 日本言語政策学会 / Japan Association for Language Policy. 言語政策 / Language
Policy 10. 2014 Research Methods in Cognitive Translation and Interpreting Studies, Rojo López, Ana María and Ricardo Muñoz Martín (eds.), pp. 184–213 | Chapter

Speech recording has always been the main method in working with spoken language, since it is an easy way to transfer data from volatile to non-volatile memory for the purpose of linguistic analyses. In translation and interpreting research, recordings of interpreters’ performances have been… read more

Kalina, Sylvia and Barbara Ahrens 2015 Review of Becerra, Pradas Macías & Barranco-Droege (2013): Quality in interpreting: Widening the scope & Barranco-Droege, Pradas Macías & Becerra (2013): Quality in interpreting: Widening the scope Interpreting 17:1, pp. 133–143 | Review

Ahrens, Barbara 2013 Review of Aís, Fernández, Pradas Macías & Stévaux (2011): Qualitätsparameter beim Simultandolmetschen. Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven Interpreting 15:2, pp. 261–266 | Review

Ahrens, Barbara 2011 Neurolinguistics and interpreting Handbook of Translation Studies: Volume 2, Gambier, Yves and Luc van Doorslaer (eds.), pp. 105–107 | Article

Ahrens, Barbara, Eliza Kalderon, Christoph M. Krick and Wolfgang Reith 2010 fMRI for exploring simultaneous interpreting Why Translation Studies Matters, Gile, Daniel, Gyde Hansen and Nike K. Pokorn (eds.), pp. 237–248 | Article

After a review of the literature on the use of brain-imaging techniques in the study of conference interpreting, the paper reports on a preliminary fMRI study in which 6 student interpreters alternated between simultaneous interpreting from Spanish into German (B into A) and free speech production… read more

Ahrens, Barbara 2007 Pauses (and other prosodic features) in Simultaneous Interpreting FORUM 5:1, pp. 1–18 | Article

Abstract/Résumé L’interprétation simultanée est une forme de communication orale spécifique qui se distingue par des éléments prosodiques tels que les intonations ou les pauses, éléments-clé tant pour le texte d’origine que pour le texte-cible. Les pauses figurent parmi les phénomènes durationnels… read more

Ahrens, Barbara 2005 Review of Aís, Fernández Sánchez & Gile (2003): La evaluación de la calidad en interpretación: Investigación. Actas del I Congreso Internacional sobre Evaluación de la Calidad en Interpretación de Conferencias. Almuñécar, 2001 & Aís, Fernández Sánchez, Pradas Macías, Adam & Stéveaux (2003): La evaluación de la calidad en interpretación: Docencia y profesión. Actas del I Congreso Internacional sobre Evaluación de la Calidad en Interpretación de Conferencias. Almuñécar, 2001 Interpreting 7:1, pp. 133–141 | Review

Ahrens, Barbara 2005 Prosodic phenomena in simultaneous interpreting: A conceptual approach and its practical application Interpreting 7:1, pp. 51–76 | Article

This paper reports on an empirical study on prosody in English-German simultaneous interpreting. It discusses prosody with particular reference to its tonal, durational and dynamic features, such as intonation, pauses, rhythm and accent, as well as its main functions, i.e. structure and prominence.… read more

Ahrens, Barbara 2005 Rozan and Matyssek: Are they really that different? A comparative synopsis of two classic note-taking schools FORUM 3:2, pp. 1–15 | Article

Abstract/Résumé Cet article porte sur la technique de prise de notes lors de l’interprétation consécutive tout en abordant les objectifs du cours de prise de notes, qui ne se limite pas simplement à faire connaître des symboles et des abréviations. Cette discussion est suivie d’une présentation et… read more

Ahrens, Barbara 2004 Non-verbal phenomena in simultaneous interpreting: Causes and functions Claims, Changes and Challenges in Translation Studies: Selected contributions from the EST Congress, Copenhagen 2001, Hansen, Gyde, Kirsten Malmkjær and Daniel Gile (eds.), pp. 227–237 | Article