BS EN ISO 20108:2017 pdf download

BS EN ISO 20108:2017 pdf download.Simultaneous interpreting — Quality and transmission of sound and image input — Requirements
1 Scope
This document sets out requirements for the quality and transmission of sound and image input to interpreters and specifies the characteristics of the audio and video signals. The components of typical interpreting systems are specified in ISO 20109. Together with either permanent (see ISO 2603) or mobile (see ISO 4043) booths, these interpreting systems form the interpreters’ working environment. In addition to setting out the requirements for on-site interpreting, where participants (speakers and members of the audience) and interpreters are at the same location, this document specifies requirements for different varieties of distance interpreting situations in which the interpreters are not at the same location as one or more of the conference participants. This document also addresses the work of manufacturers and providers of simultaneous interpreting equipment and technical staff. In conjunction with either ISO 2603 or ISO 4043, this document and ISO 20109 provide the relevant requirements both for the quality and transmission of sound and image provided to interpreters and for the equipment needed in the booths, the conference room and the distant site(s).
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO 2603:2016, Simultaneous interpreting — Permanent booths — Requirements
ISO 4043, Simultaneous interpreting — Mobile booths — Requirements
ISO 18841 1) , Interpreting services — General requirements and recommendations
ISO 20109:2016, Simultaneous interpreting — Equipment — Requirements
IEC 60268-16, Sound system equipment — Part 16: Objective rating of speech intelligibility by speech transmission index
ITU-R BT.1359, Relative timing of sound and vision for broadcasting
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in ISO 2603, ISO 4043, ISO 18841
and ISO 20109 and the following apply.
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3.1 interpreting
rendering of spoken or signed information from a source language to a target language in oral or signed form, conveying both the register and meaning of the source language content
[SOURCE: ISO 18841:2016, 3.1.2]
3.2 simultaneous interpreting
mode of interpreting (3.1) performed while a speaker is still speaking or signing
Note 1 to entry: For the purposes of this document, the activity requires specialized equipment.
[SOURCE: ISO 2603:2016, 3.1, modified — Note 1 to entry has been modified.]
3.3 booth
booth for simultaneous interpreting self-contained unit enclosing the interpreter’s work space
Note 1 to entry: One of the purposes of simultaneous interpreting booths is to provide sound insulation, both from the noise transmitted from the booth’s external environment to the booth and vice versa, and from noise passing from one booth to another.
Note 2 to entry: ISO 2603 applies to permanent booths; ISO 4043 applies to mobile booths.
[SOURCE: ISO 2603:2016, 3.2, modified — Note 2 to entry has been added.]