AbstractSimultaneous interpreting requires interpreters to listen to a source text while producing the target text in asecond language. In addition, the interpreter needs to process various types of visual input, which may further increase thealready high cognitive load. A study with 14 students of interpreting was conducted to investigate the impact of a speaker’svisible lip movements on cognitive load in simultaneous interpreting by analysing the duration of silent pauses in the targettexts. Background noise masking the source speech was introduced as a control condition for cognitive load. Silent pause durationswere shorter when interpreters saw the speaker’s lip movements, which indicates that interpreters benefitted from visual input.Furthermore, silent pause durations were longer with noise, which suggests that comparative silent pause durations can indicatechanges in cognitive load.

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可见唇部运动对同声传译中无声停顿的影响

摘要 同声传译要求口译员在聆听源文本的同时以第二语言生成目标文本。此外，口译员需要处理各种类型的视觉输入，这可能会进一步增加已经很高的认知负荷。一项针对 14 名口译学生的研究通过分析目标文本中无声停顿的持续时间来研究说话者的可见嘴唇运动对同声传译中认知负荷的影响。背景噪声掩蔽源语音被引入作为认知负荷的控制条件。当口译员看到说话者的嘴唇动作时，无声停顿持续时间较短，这表明口译员受益于视觉输入。此外，无声停顿持续时间更长，有噪音，