Introduction

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book seeks to "show" readers clear examples of the skills described and "involve" readers by asking them to think for themselves and to come up with their own answers by completing a number of tasks. It offers student interpreters a sound set of basic techniques for note-taking in consecutive interpreting. The book assumes a general understanding of what consecutive interpreting is and also that most readers will be involved in or have been involved in some kind of formal postgraduate interpreter training. In economics micro means looking at the individual, the small scale, whereas macro means examining the workings of the whole national or international economy. Consecutive interpreting involves a number of different tasks that have to be completed at the same time with finite and competing intellectual capacities – multi-tasking.