Measuring the completeness of consecutive interpretation of military subjects

The article considers the problem of effective assessment of the quality (completeness) of consecutive interpretation in the field of military translation. The authors emphasize that it is necessary to develop an objective method for assessing the completeness of the translation. Accordingly, such an assessment of translation quality should minimally depend on the human factor and rely more on mathematical (quantitative) methods of quality assessment. The purpose of this study is to develop a methodology for an objective assessment of the completeness of translated information in oral consecutive military interpretation. The research methodology consists of four stages: 1) analyzing existing methods for assessing the quality of consecutive interpretation; 2) identifying key methods for assessing the completeness of consecutive military interpretation that can provide objective data; 3) identifying metrics for calculating the completeness of consecutive interpretation; 4) conducting test calculations. The academic novelty of the research consists in the fact that a method is proposed for quantifying the semantic content of an interpretation in comparison with the semantic content of the text of the original utterance by counting propositions in each of the texts and analyzing the results. The quality of interpretation in terms of its completeness is assessed by obtaining data such as the proportion (percentage) of accurately translated information, the proportion of deviations from the original meaning of the utterance, the proportion of distortions of meaning and the proportion of unreasonable additions — meanings not included in the original message, but used in the interpretation text. The result of the research is a developed method for quantifying the completeness of translated information in consecutive military interpretation, which provides almost exhaustive information about the completeness of the translation and can be used to assess the interpreter's qualifications and translation quality.

translation studies, military translation, military interpretation, translation assessment methods, translation completeness, proposition, consecutive interpretation, translation accuracy, quantitative quality assessment, translation equivalence