Variants of links used:

	Now, at present, nowadays, today, currently, presently…
+	In addition, also, and, not only…
But	But, however, nonetheless, in spite of…
If	Condition, consequence
So	Cause, effect
	Until, till the time, so long as, so far…

Some other peculiarities of the note below:

pasd	Pass (past tense)
fin ref	Financial reform
wz mn Δs	Wz – with Mn – many (mch - much) Δ – change (Δs - changes)
	Kill, reject, refuse, turn down
Pr sendll ←	Pr – I (President) sendll – send (future tense) ← - back

As was mentioned above, the interpreter should provide the faithful information. That’s why he/she should pay special attention to the precision data and words, and pick up the correct proper names (abbreviations, different committees etc.) in order

Fragment 3: “That's why we extended or increased unemployment benefits for more than 18 million Americans, made health insurance 65 percent cheaper for families who get their coverage through COBRA, and passed 25 different tax cuts.”

The possible variant of note:

Reading back note:

We	Саме тому ми
↔	збільшили
emp bnfts for >18mln Ams	матеріальну допомогу по безробіттю для більше ніж 18 млн. американців,
	зробили страхування дешевшим на
insrnce 65% for	65 відсотків для
	родин, що утримуються COBRA
pasd	прийняли
25 dif tx cts	зниження 25 різних податків.

Noncontextualized information is represented:

18mln Ams – 18 million Americans

65% - 65 percent cheaper

COBRA – Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act

25 dif tx cts – 25 different tax cuts

As we already know, modals and tenses should be carefully noticed, conditions and consequences must be saved. The next fragment gives us some variants of such noticing:

Fragment 4: “But when I ran for President, I promised I wouldn't just do what was popular; I would do what was necessary. And if we had allowed the meltdown of the financial system, unemployment might be double what it is today. More businesses would certainly have closed. More homes would have surely been lost.”

The possible variant of note:

Reading back note:

But wen I Pr	Проте, коли я балотувався на пост Президента
I prmsd	я обіцяв
- I wldnt j wat popar	що буду робити не просто загальноприйняте,
- I wld wat ncsry	я буду робити те, що необхідно.
+ if we hd alwd	І якщо б ми допустили
of fin sys	обвал фінансової системи,
Soemp mght be 2x	то на сьогодні безробіття зросло б у два рази.
> bsnss	Більше підприємств
wld closd	могло б закритися.
>	Більше домівок
wld be losd	було б втрачено.

Symbols used for note-taking at consecutive interpreting

You can get your symbols from anywhere that suits you... Here are a few ideas.

Remember that the symbols here represent not only the word written alongside them but rather all synonymous ideas, the exact version of which will be clear to you in the context of the speech you are interpreting. So "change" might be "reform" or "alter" depending on the context - you will remember. You don't need a symbol for each word.

consequences			development
relations			agriculture
agreement			environment
role			energy
success			trade
problem			politics
repression			democracy
impact			work
country			money
meeting			inflation
industry
deficit			surplus

Appendix 1/2 (Continued)

Symbols used for note-taking at consecutive interpreting

look forward to			change
want to			need
know			continue
decide			join
propose			listen/hear
lead to, cause			say
promise			attack
agree			thanks

Appendix 1/3 (Continued)

Symbols used for note-taking at consecutive interpreting

on the one hand			Always (toujours in French)
...on the other hand			until
on behalf of			from that time on
as opposed to			before
recently			less than
all			any
now
similar			end
start

Appendix 1/4 (Continued)

Symbols used for note-taking at consecutive interpreting

 al	national (adjective)
 ally	nationally
 ze	to nationalize
 tn	nationalisation
 o	national (noun), citizen
	return, come back, reverse, regress
	rise, increase, grow, climb etc.
	fall, decline, slide, slip, drop, shrink,
	exchange, relations,
	lead to, consequence of, therefore
N	continue,
O	…
	pleased.
	annoyed, unhappy, unimpressed, etc.
	very unhappy, disgusted, etc
Õ	to think
Ō	to know, (for me, the straight line denotes certainty, in comparison to the squiggly line for “to think”.)

Appendix 1/5 (End)

Symbols used for note-taking at consecutive interpreting

Maths	= + > < % /
Science	E  µ t  ºC (and more I can't do in Word!)
Music	# ♪ ♫ ♫
Text messages	L8R R U OK?   HRU? ASAP 2   etc.
Keyboard	% & @ ¶ ™
Punctuation marks	? ! ( ) " :
Vehicle registrations	D DA UK CH F (beware of mixing up China & Switzerland, or Poland and Portugal)
Short words in other languages	So hi ta ok / bo ale juz / deja / ergo etc / pero /
Currencies	$ Y L € £
Periodic table	Fe Na Po Mg Ag CO2 CO NO2 H2SO4

Appendix 2 Example from the interpreter’s notes