Note-taking in InterpretingThe importance of taking notes in interpreting Ourshort-termmemoryalonecannotretaintheamountofinformationthespeakergivesinthe act of interpreting. We need to employother means to help with our retaining andretrieval of information. Notes are an aid toenhance the work of understanding, analysisand re-expression, the three activities of consecutiveinterpreting. The main use of notes is to relieve memory.Although an interpreter may have understoodthe main ideas of a speec
