The Praxis of Indirect Reports by Mostafa Morady Moghaddam

Author:Mostafa Morady Moghaddam
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783030142698
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

In this regard, both indirect reports and translating can be regarded as a cognitive process in which the translator/reporter tries to take into consideration the reader’s or hearer’s judgements and expectations, so as to provide amendments to make the report/translation more cognitively effective. The cognitive features underlying (indirect) reporting and translating can be represented by the distinction between the monolingual and the translator. As stated by Bell (2001), the primary goal of the monolingual is to gather information while the translator should recognise translation- or message-relevant elements besides gathering information. As the quote above implies, the translator does not approach the text just for the mere sake of decoding the text, but also for encoding it. This is exactly what happens in an indirect report. The reporter should first know the point being communicated by the original speaker and then polish the report based on the sociocognitive factors (refer to Chap. 3, Sect. 3.​8 for further reading on this issue).

‘Decision making’ is a desperately important issue in indirect reports and translating. No decision-making starts from the scratch. To put it differently, there is no tabula rasa in the decision-making process underlying reporting and translating. Strictly speaking, both translating and indirect reporting operate and are surrounded by declarative knowledge (know ‘what’). This pool of stored knowledge (Ryle, 1949) is what shapes the rudimentary processes underlying both reporting and translating. This is not the end, however. There should be a second type of knowledge as a backup for when declarative or background knowledge falls short of dealing with the strategic moments in interaction. The type of knowledge that helps the reporter/translator manage strategic moments is procedural knowledge (know ‘how’). To obtain the desired goal, therefore, declarative and procedural knowledge should work in tandem. Problem-solving, a residual of procedural knowledge, is an inseparable and inevitable part of both translating and indirect reporting.

The points discussed above clearly manifest that indirect reports and translating are sisters of the same mother. However, admitting that they share the same mother does not mean that they are not different. It is quite possible that they change their behaviour based on the cognitive processes underlying their behaviour and the social values they respect. In what follows, the main differences between translating and indirect reporting are discussed.

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