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Fluency management is a persistent challenge in interpreter training, particularly when students work into a B language. This study investigates how syntactic complexity in the target text (TT) affects disfluency in Korean-to-English consecutive interpreting by student interpreters. While previous research has examined cognitive load and general fluency, few studies have explored TT sentence complexity as a predictor of disfluency patterns. Drawing on data fromsix student interpreters, this study analyses disfluency frequency and type across sentences classified by Mean Dependency Distance (MDD). The findings show that TT syntactic complexity is positively associated with overall disfluency, with silent pauses most consistently affected, followed by fillers and self-repairs, while repetitions showed no reliable pattern. This relationship was confirmed through both linear and non-parametric analyses, revealing how specific disfluency types reflect structural processing strain. By focusing on a typologically distant language pair and analysing disfluency at the sentence level, the study adds empirical depth to fluency research in interpreting. It also offers pedagogical implications for helping trainees manage TT complexity more strategically during B language production.

목차

Abstract
I. Introduction
II. Literature Review
1. Disfluency as a marker of interpreting quality
2. Disfluency as a reflection of cognitive effort
3. Measuring syntactic complexity in the TT
III. Method
1. Data collection
2. Data preparation
3. Statistical analysis
IV. Results
1. Disfluency and TT syntactic complexity
2. Disfluency types and TT syntactic complexity
V. Discussion
VI. Conclusion
References

키워드

저자

• Eunjin Heo [ 허은진 | Jeju National University ]

참고문헌

발행기관

간행물

표지보기 관심저널 등록

• 간행물명

  통역과 번역 [Interpretation and Translation]

• 간기

  연3회

• pISSN

  1229-6074

• 수록기간

  1999~2026

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 717 DDC 400