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Welcome to the Steno Wizard's Realtime Journey!






Remember when life was simple and all you had to do was make a selection on what your steno really meant? Those days are long gone.





Reporters must get themselves into top realtime form to compete in today's job market. This is my contribution toward ALL of us reaching the realtime goal.



My Steno Wizardry concept is based on the idea that writing realtime actually doesn't require magic -- just hard work, determination, and a little bit of FUN imagination.



My hope is my sharing of the ideas I've incorporated into my realtime journey will assist you in yours.



Thursday, August 18, 2011

Interpreted Answers (or Not)!

What is a realtime reporter to do when there's an interpreter that's supposed to be interpreting and a witness who occasionally answers in English?!  Arrghh. 


Steno Wizard is sharing one technique that is working for those bilingual interpreter-resistant witnesses.


Steno Wizard uses the answer bank in conjunction with the I vowel for when the witness answers the question through the use of the interpreter.  So EU-FRPBLGTS is A. (Through Interpreter) and the answer continues. 


What does one do when it's the witness answering the question directly without the interpreter?  You guessed it!  E-FRPBLGTS and define it as A. (In English) and the answer continues. 


Now life is a little less hectic in this steno situation. 
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2 comments:

  1. JadeDecember 9, 2011 at 10:15 AM

    Hi SW. I'm a Phoenix writer from Australia, but currently living in Hong Kong and working in the High Court here.
    Everything in Australia and Asia is realtime, really, and after 12 years of LiveNote and/or captioning scrutiny I'm pretty comfortable with it - but you can never know enough tricks, right?! I've just stumbled across your blog and am picking up some great tips! I love S*OS, and this interpreter thing would have saved me 1,000 strokes last week with a particularly obstinate "bilingual" witness...
    Keep posting!!
    Jade.

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  2. StenoWizardDecember 9, 2011 at 11:01 AM

    Thanks! I'm glad you could find something useful here!

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