The researcher discovered a pattern of the occurrences of silent pauses among three of the four messages in the prolonged turns. In messages one, two, and six the frequencies (number per minute) of silent pauses go up in the second turn, and go up again in the third; however, in message three, it goes up in the second turn and then goes down a little bit in the third. There is a significant difference between the number of juncture pauses in the first turn and the third turn.
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Unlike hesitation pauses, juncture pauses are usually less concerned in terms of quality as they are sometimes necessary in a delivery. However, the increase of the number of juncture pauses can possibly still indicate the interpreters’ fatigue in the third turn. The interpreters might have unconsciously increased the number of pauses when the speakers read from the outline, so as to earn some time to rest. Only in message six the frequencies of silent hesitation pauses see a constant rise entering both the second and third turn. In messages one and two, they go up in the second turn and go down in the third. Message three sees a drop in the second turn, and then another drop in the third turn. Again, this decreasing of the number of silent hesitation pauses might be the result of speakers’ reading from the outlines. Duration-wise, no significant differences were found amongst turns, nor is there any pattern to suggest a trend.
5.2.1 Locations of Silent Hesitation Pauses in Prolonged Turns
Silent hesitation pauses tended to come along with fillers. All the silent hesitation pauses that occurred with fillers are listed below.
Message One
1. 但是，^[SHP]ㄜ，在這個預言說出來之前，主親自顯現。
2. 能夠^[SHP]對於，ㄜ，世上的這些的，總統ㄜ、元首，祂能夠有一些的管理。
3. 主阿，我把我這個人再一次向你敞開，求你把你自己建造到我的裏面，目的是為著^[SHP]
這一個ㄜ身體、新婦、軍隊、石頭、大山、國度、新耶路撒冷。
4. 我們相信，^[SHP]ㄜ，我們這裡數以百計的人，有人會被主摸着這一面，有人會摸着那 一方面
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5. 我不是只是，ㄜ，講我的想像，這是個訓練，我在這裡所釋放的，只是^[SHP]ㄜ我裏面 的一個極其沉重的負擔的一部分。
Message Two
1. 所以^[SHP]在召會，^[SHP]在召會，ㄜ，召會之所以，是敗落，或者是得勝在於我們是 作愛甚麼的人。
Message Six
1. 按照以弗所二章六節，當基督從死人中復活的時候，我們也與祂一同復活，當基督…
ㄜ…^[SHP]坐在神的右邊的時候，我們也與祂一同坐在諸天界裡 2. 這些經學家、祭司長，^[SHP]ㄜ，向他們查問，基督當生在何處？
3. 耶和華是審判我們的，這個是政府裡面的司法的部門，祂是給我們設律法的，祂是立法 的部門，也是王，這個，^[SHP]ㄜ，ㄜ，[M38(m1): …that’s the executive branch of government.]就是政府裡面的三個分支。
4. 在第五章關於伯沙撒的事例我們看見，^[SHP]ㄜ，這是很嚴肅的事，我們不要忽略任何 屬靈的功課
Number 2 and 3 in message one and number 3 in message six all deal with lists of items.
The silent hesitation pauses and fillers might be an indication that the interpreters were
struggling with the lists. From number 1 in message two and number 3 in message six, we can
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see that the silent hesitation pauses come with other types of disfluency indicators such as repetition and fillers. Number 3 in message three even sees omission right after the cluster of a silent hesitation pause and two fillers “ㄜ”.
Due to the different ways English and Chinese languages are structured, changing sentence structure is sometimes necessary for producing a meaningful interpretation. Change of sentence structure might also cause silent hesitation pauses because the interpreter has to wait for more input before he/she can restructure the sentence. An example is given below.
Message One
Source text: …if the brothers and sisters, who are developing in the Lord’s hands, are placed in positions of responsibilities but they never learned that heavens rule. […] It is one of the greatest mercies of God in His dealing with us is to preserves us, rebels as we are by nature, Who then cause us to know intrinsically, the heavens rule. Don’t touch the direct rule of God. Don’t speak ill of any genuine expression of God’s rule.
Target text: 如果我們親愛的弟兄姊妹在^[SHP]主的手中，被擺在負責任的地位上，而他們 却從來沒有學這個功課，不知道諸天掌權，那我會很害怕，因為那個背叛的這個原則在他 們的裏面，這是何等的悲劇。神對付我們的時候，祂最大的憐憫之一，就是^[SHP]我們雖 然本性是悖逆的人，祂却保守我們，並且使我們內在的認識諸天在掌權。不要去觸碰神直 接的管治，不要^[SHP]對於神的管制的任何真正的表現說甚麼壞話。
Discussion: The latter two pauses both occurred when structural differences are present in the source text and target text. The structural changes are indicated by numbers: (1) It is one of the
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greatest mercies of God in His dealing with us (2) is to preserves us, (3) rebels as we are by nature, (4) Who then cause us to know intrinsically, the heavens rule. (5) Don’t touch the direct rule of God. (6) Don’t speak ill (7) of any genuine expression of God’s rule. (1)神對付我們的時 候，祂最大的憐憫之一，(3)就是^[SHP]我們雖然本性是悖逆的人，(2)祂却保守我們，(4) 並且使我們內在的認識諸天在掌權。(5)不要去觸碰神直接的管治，(7)不要^[SHP]對於神的 管制的任何真正的表現(6)說甚麼壞話。
At around 50 minute in message one, there is a cluster of filled pauses, along with two omissions and one silent hesitation pause. The source text and marked transcript is as follows.
The sequence of meaning units are indicated in numbers so to compare the syntax of the source text and its interpretation.
Source Text: (1) …as Romans 8 indicates, (2) even though Christ is at the right hand of God interceding, (3) and Christ is in us, (4) and the law of life in Christ Jesus is operating in us, (5) we are not exactly easy cases, all of us, (6) so we need an environment. (7) Our father Jacob
exemplifies this so clearly, (8) part of his environment, which is to fall in love with Rachel, (9) what a beginning of a courtship. (10) He kisses her and (11) starts crying, (12) and he falls in love with her. (13) But then he meets Rachel (mistake), Leah, and then Rachel, (14) and the two handmaids…
Transcript: (1) 但是羅馬八章也指明，(2) 雖然，ㄜ，基督是在神的右邊，爲我們代求，(3) 基督也在我們的裏面，ㄜ，(4) 祂的，那生命之靈的律也在我們裏面運行。(5) 但，我們並 不是那麽容易，ㄜ，對這，ㄜ，這個來對待的，(6) [M26(m2): easy cases, all of us, so we need
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an environment] (7) 我們的先祖雅各是這件事清楚的豫表。(8) 他的^[SHP]環境就是，他喜 歡了拉結 (9) [M30: …to fall in love with Rachel, what a beginning of a courtship]，(10) 他與 她親嘴，(11) 他開，哭起來了，(12) 他愛上了她，(13) 但是神先給他利亞，然後才是拉 結，(14) 然後，那兩個，ㄜ，使女。
Discussion: There were no structural differences between the source text and target text in these sentences and no list of items that the interpreter had to cope with. Neither is this story an anecdote of the speaker’s own account. The interpreter had by now already worked for 50 minutes straight. It was possible that fatigue caused this series of the disfluencies and omissions.
A similar cluster also appeared in between 50 to 55 minutes in message one. From examples as such, we know that it is still possible that working for prolonged turns caused fatigue and thus influenced performance. Detailed discussions and close examinations on all clusters of such kind needs to be further carried out, to see whether a correlation between stamina and performance and quality actually does, in fact, exist.