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simultaneous interpretation · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 同 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 同步口譯; on the Mainland it is 同传 - both point at “simultaneous interpretation”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 同步口譯、同傳 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
Neither term carries an HSK or TOCFL level in this table - this pair is dictionary-recorded, not syllabus-derived.
Pair source: CC-CEDICT, which tags the Taiwan form as Taiwan usage.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 同步口譯 | 同传 |
| Reading | ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄧˋ tóng bù kǒu yì | tóng chuán ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄔㄨㄢˊ |
| Senses | simultaneous interpretation | simultaneous interpretation |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 同步口譯 · 同傳 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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