Table 2.
Summary of characteristics of the source language.
| J-C | C-J | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration | 5′01” | 4′38” | |
| Segment count | 6 | 5 | |
| Meaningful unit count/per segment | 5.17 (1.17) | 5.00 (0.71) | |
| Difficulty rating | Pretest (N = 28) | 2.18 (1.19) | 1.96 (0.88) |
| Posttest (N = 48) | 3.45 (0.90) | 3.56 (0.94) | |
| Summary of Chinese text analysis results | Character count | 323 | 319 |
| Word count | 175 | 173 | |
| Sentence count | 19 | 18 | |
| Average word count/per sentence | 9.21 | 9.61 | |
| Lexical Density | 0.79 | 0.79 | |
| Summary of Japanese text analysis results | Character count | 547 | 528 |
| Word count | 336 | 309 | |
| Sentence count | 15 | 13 | |
| Average word count/per sentence | 22.40 | 23.77 | |
| Difficulty | Intermediate level | Intermediate level | |
Results are expressed as mean (SD). J-C, Japanese-to-Chinese consecutive interpreting. C-J, Chinese-to-Japanese consecutive interpreting. The summary of the Chinese text analysis results is based on CRIE 3.0. For J-C materials, its Chinese reference translations were used. The summary of the Japanese text analysis results is based on jReadability. For C-J materials, its Japanese reference translations were used. The criteria for determining readability level are based on the assessment of difficulty level for Japanese learners, taking into account sentence length and lexical density.