交传

交傳
jiāochuán
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 consecutive interpretation
  2. 2 consecutive interpreter

Examples

HSK 5
Zhè cì huìyì bù xūyào tóngchuán, jiāochuán jiù gòu le.
This meeting doesn't need simultaneous interpretation; consecutive will do.
HSK 5
Tā zuò le wǔ nián jiāochuán, xiànzài kāishǐ liàn tóngchuán.
She worked as a consecutive interpreter for five years and is now training for simultaneous.

Tips

mistakes
Short for 交替传译. The interpreter waits for the speaker to pause, then gives the passage in the other language; in 同传 both speak at the same time. 传 here is chuán 'to pass on', not the zhuàn of 传记 'biography'.

Stroke Order

交 jiāo
传 chuán