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NoteTakinginConsecutiveInterpreting

Thereisnouniversalnotetakingsystem.Studentsshoulddeveloptheirindividualsystems.
1. UsingkeyWords:

keywordsarethewordsthatcarryessentialinformation.

toshortensentences,omitarticles,exclamations,unimportantprepositions,
adjectivesandadverbs.

Changewordorder.

Usenounsandverbs(contentwords).

SamesymbolscanbeusedforbothEnglishandArabicwordsandphrasesthathave
thesamemeaning.

Youcanuseyourownsystemofsymbolsandabbreviations.

2.

Abbreviating:

omitendings,vowelsanddoubleletters.

useonlythefirst,orfirsttwoorthreelettersofcertainwords.

usesymbolstoreplacecertainwordsorletters.

Donotusethesameabbreviationfor2dierentthings.

useacronyms(firstletterofeachwordinaphrase).

Usethesamesymbolorabbreviationforallderivativesofthesamewordandforall
synonymsofaparticularword.

1.ACRONYMS:
U.S.A.

UnitedStatesofAmerica

U.N.

UnitedNations

NASA
KSU
OPEC
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UNESCO
UNICEF
WHO
FAO
NATO
EC
AC
Fla.
Mn.
N.Y.
JFK
Na
Ca
H2O

2.MATHEMATICALABBREVIATIONS:
one

two

first

1st

second

2nd

third

3rd

fourth

4th

about,approximately~
and

&

at

because

..,bec.,b/c

beforeb/4
equalto

notequalto =
identicalto

hence,therefore

..
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morethan

>

lessthan

<

means,causes>
iscausedby <
plus,over

minus

money

percent

question

thereis

too,to2
increase

decrease

number

pound lb.

per

3.COMMONLYUSEDABBREVIATIONS:
w/

with

w/o

without

w/i

within

app. approximately
m/h

mileperhour

ch

chapter

vs

versus

ref

reference

intro introduction
max. maximum
min. minimum
gvt.

government

married

mod modern
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notewell

pop. population
re

regarding,concerning

rel

religion

sc.

science

sr.

senior

Jr.

Junior

stat. statistics
terr. territory
yr.

year

E.,Eng.English
Ar.

Arabic

Fr.

French

bldg. building
Rm.

room

rdg

reading

comp. comprehension
usu.

usually

p.

page

ex.

exercise

sing. singular
pl.

plural

noun

Adj

Adjective

Adv

Adverb

Verb

Prep. preposition,preparatory
fem. feminine
masc. masculine
neg.

negative

def.

definition

language
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foreignlanguage

esp.

especially

etc.

andsoon,etcetera

lit.

literary,literature

pers. person
sb.

somebody

sth.

something

ling.

linguistics

math. mathematics
chem. chemistry
bot.

botany

Sat.

Saturday

Sun,Mon,Tues,Wed,Th,Fri
Jan,Feb,Mar,Apr,Jun,Jul,Aug,Sept,Oct,Nov,Dec.
i.e.

thatis,inotherwords

id.

thesame,identical,identification

gal.

gallon

cm

centimeter

kg

kilogram

km.

kilometer

g.

gram

ft.

feet

ff

followingpages

e.g.

forexample,forinstance

Prof. professor
Dr

doctor

dept. department
Ltd.

limited

Corp. corporation
Co.

company

c.f.

compare

atm. atmosphere
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Amer. American
alt

altitude,alternate

answer

question

propose,suggest,proposal
point,viewpoint,pointofview

anitemontheagenda

turningpoint

aweakpoint,aweakness

pointblank

radicalchange
divide,division,distribute,distribution
equal,identical,similar

inaddition,besides,overandabove
except,withtheexceptionof
compare,comparison,comparable,comparedto
indefinitely,infinite
therefore,consequently,thus,asaresult

biggerthan,greaterthan,morethan

smallerthan,lessthan,fewerthan
sentto,transported,referredto
returnedfrom,imported

decrease,diminish,lessen,shrink

increase,enlarge,grow,augment

said,stated,statement,announced,declared

support,advocate,champion
refuse,reject,decline
thought,believed,judged

asked,questioned,queried
voted,voter,ballot,elected
abstain,abstention,abstainer
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surprise,astonish,astound
member,delegate,representative
envoy
thedelegatewassurprised

discussed,argued,debated,debate,argument
discussion
hold,convene,convoke,meet
themeetingended

itdidnotmeet,meetingadjourned

cooperate,collaborate,cooperation
refused,opposed,objected
abstained

didnotconvene

didnotstate
wasnotsurprised

failedtocollaborate
didnotdecrease
didnotrise