Abstract This paper presents an eye-tracking study in which number processing in simultaneous interpreting was investigated. Interpreting accuracy and eye behaviour were studied together to unveil the processing and rendering of numbers by interpreting trainees (N = 22) and professional interpreters (N = 26). While professional interpreters rendered numerals and the context in which they appeared with better accuracy, there was also a positive correlation between number interpreting accuracy and context interpreting accuracy. Our results indicate that interpreting arithmetic values of numerals is more cognitively demanding than interpreting their context, which is reflected in longer mean fixation duration on numbers than on the elements they referred to. Further research is needed to investigate numerical data processing in other tasks, involving other language pairs and interpreting directionality. The study outcomes may be a useful contribution to research on the cognitive aspects of simultaneous interpreting, numerical data processing, as well as interpreter training.

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整体情况：同声传译中数字及其上下文的处理

摘要本文提出了一种眼动追踪研究，其中对同声传译中的数字处理进行了研究。口译人员的准确性（N = 22）和专业的口译人员（N = 26）共同研究了解释的准确性和眼睛行为，以揭示数字的处理和渲染。虽然专业口译员以较高的准确性来呈现数字及其出现的上下文，但在数字解释的准确性与上下文的解释的准确性之间也存在正相关关系。我们的结果表明，解释数字的算术值比解释数字的上下文更需要认知，这反映在数字上的平均固定时间长于数字所指元素上的固定时间。需要进一步研究以调查其他任务中的数值数据处理，涉及其他语言对并解释方向性。研究结果可能对同声传译，数值数据处理以及口译培训方面的认知方面的研究有用。