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Abstract
This study explores the effect of visual input on the interpreter’s processing capacity in the light of Gile’s Effort Models in simultaneous interpreting. For this purpose, this study empirically employs both: a controlled experiment and a questionnaire to investigate the effect of visual input on the interpreter’s output. To this end, the following indicators of Buhler’s assessment of the interpreter’s performance are adopted: lack of cohesion, self-repair, pauses, errors, omission, repetition. The corpus of the study is based on three English speeches delivered on three different, international occasions. This study seeks to answer questions on how far visual input can have an effect on the interpreter’s output, how far lack of visual input can result in a deficit in any of the interpreting tasks, and which Effort of Gile’s cognitive Models is strongly affected by the lack of visual input. The findings of the experiments and the questionnaires can help show the effect of visual input on the processing capacity of the subjects’ performance. The findings of this study concluded that visual input can be classified according to its importance into: (a) important, (b) very important, (c) extremely important. In addition, the findings revealed that the interpreter’s processing capacity affected by lack of visual input apparently differs from one group to another. Finally, and most importantly, the findings disclosed that a newly proposed modification of Gile’s Effort Models can be classified into five main efforts: (1) visual image and mental analysis, (2) listening and visual image interpretation, (3) short -term memory and photographic memory, (4) production and visual image integration, and (5) co-ordination effort.