The“First Multidisciplinary Forum on COVID-19,”as one of the pivotal medical forums organized by China during the initial outbreak of the pandemic,garnered significant attention from numerous countries worldwide.Ens...The“First Multidisciplinary Forum on COVID-19,”as one of the pivotal medical forums organized by China during the initial outbreak of the pandemic,garnered significant attention from numerous countries worldwide.Ensuring the seamless execution of the forum’s translation necessitated exceptionally high standards for simultaneous interpreters.This paper,through the lens of the Translation as Adaptation and Selection theory within Eco-Translatology,conducts an analytical study of the live simultaneous interpretation at the First Multidisciplinary Forum on COVID-19.It examines the interpreters’adaptations and selections across multiple dimensions-namely,linguistic,cultural,and communicative-with the aim of elucidating the guiding role and recommendations that Eco-Translatology can offer to simultaneous interpretation.Furthermore,it seeks to provide insights that may enhance the quality of interpreters’oral translations.展开更多
Accumulation of vocabulary, knowledge and experience is the foundation of comprehension and expression in simultaneous interpretation. This paper suggests the importance of accumulation in the development of a success...Accumulation of vocabulary, knowledge and experience is the foundation of comprehension and expression in simultaneous interpretation. This paper suggests the importance of accumulation in the development of a successful interpreter.展开更多
The rapid evolution of scientific and technological advancements and industrial changes has profoundly interconnected countries and regions in the digital information era,creating a globalized environment where effect...The rapid evolution of scientific and technological advancements and industrial changes has profoundly interconnected countries and regions in the digital information era,creating a globalized environment where effective communication is paramount.Consequently,the demand for proficient interpreting skills within the scientific and technology sectors has surged,making effective language communication increasingly crucial.This paper explores the potential impact of translation universals on enhancing sci-tech simultaneous interpreter education.By examining the selection of teaching materials,methods,and activities through the lens of translation universals,this study aims to improve the quality of teaching content,innovate instructional approaches,and ultimately,enhance the effectiveness of interpreter education.The findings of this research are expected to provide valuable insights for curriculum development and pedagogical strategies in interpreter education.展开更多
Simultaneous interpretation is a kind of interpretation mode, which the interpreter dose not interrupt the speaker in the case of speech, keeping interpreting the speaker's speech to the audience.
The aim of this study is to examine the small-world properties of functional brain networks inChinese to English simultaneous interpreting(SI)using functional near-infrared spectroscopy(INIRS),In particular,the fNIRS ...The aim of this study is to examine the small-world properties of functional brain networks inChinese to English simultaneous interpreting(SI)using functional near-infrared spectroscopy(INIRS),In particular,the fNIRS neuroimaging combined with complex network analysis wasperformed to extract the features of functional brain networks underling three translationstrategies associated with Chinese to English SI:"transcoding"that takes the"shortcut"linkingtranslation equivalents between Chinese and the English,code-mixing"that basically does notinvolve blingual procesing,and"transphrasingn that takes the long route"involving amonolingual processing of meaning in Chinese and then another monolingual processing ofmeaning in English.Our results demonstrated that the small-world net work topology was able todistinguish well bet ween the transcoding,code-mixing and transphrasing strategies related toChinese to English SI.展开更多
Information redundancy is one of the important factors of successful language communication.It makes the implications more obvious and clearly,which helps the receiver get enough information,making the interpreters co...Information redundancy is one of the important factors of successful language communication.It makes the implications more obvious and clearly,which helps the receiver get enough information,making the interpreters complete the task successfully.However,if an interpreter just translates the Information redundancy without any adjustment in C-E interpretation,it will cause the overloads or loss of information which will affect a successful communication.The article discussed the ways to adjust Information redundancy in C-E interpretation in order to achieve dynamic redundancy equivalence through practices and examples.展开更多
Omission is very common in simultaneous interpretation. In the past, omission has often been thought of as a mistranslation. However in recent years, more and more scholars study and find that proper use of omission i...Omission is very common in simultaneous interpretation. In the past, omission has often been thought of as a mistranslation. However in recent years, more and more scholars study and find that proper use of omission in the simultaneous interpreting will not affect the completeness and accuracy of the original. At the same time it can make the translation more concise and fluent,easy to understand, even save more time for an interpreter.展开更多
With the development of our country, the use of simultaneous interpretation also increased greatly. As everyone knows, simultaneous interpreting is a very complex task. Therefore, the interpreters need to grasp some p...With the development of our country, the use of simultaneous interpretation also increased greatly. As everyone knows, simultaneous interpreting is a very complex task. Therefore, the interpreters need to grasp some particular strategies to reduce the difficulty of simultaneous interpreting. Then this thesis aims to discuss the efficiency of Syntactic Linearity in Simultaneous Interpreting.The theory evidence of this thesis comes from the most fundamental principle in Simultaneous Interpreting, that is, syntactic linearity, which helps the interpreters to deal with long and complex sentences even if he or she has no time to hear and remember the whole sentence.展开更多
This study was designed to analyze specifically the impact of language direction on professional Chinese /English interpreters'performance and strategy use through their experience of simultaneous interpreting in ...This study was designed to analyze specifically the impact of language direction on professional Chinese /English interpreters'performance and strategy use through their experience of simultaneous interpreting in different language directions. Simultaneous interpreting ( SI) is a kind of translation that constituted by orally translating the message heard in one language into another language immediately and continuously,and at the meanwhile the message will not stop being produced. The unique characteristics of simultaneous interpretation and the various factors that will have great impact on the procession and performance of Chinese / English SI were taken into discussion. It should be noted that unlike in daily communication situations,comprehension and production are often overlapping in simultaneous interpreting. Concurrent comprehension of the source language and production of the target language is perhaps the most unique characteristic of the SI task. Drawn from the effort model proposed by Gile,simultaneous interpreting is accomplished by the sharing of four major efforts: listening and analyzing,producion,memory,and coordination. In other words,while a comprehension problem will have a negative effect on production,a production problem also has conse-quences for comprehension. In this study I illustrate arguments for interpreting of L1 to L2 and L2 to L1 language respectively,described the studies about interpreters' strategy use and the relationship between language direction and SI strategy use. Interpreters' performance of simultaneous interpreting in different directions was determined by a few factors,including the context,personal factors,and interpreting norms. Studies showed that professional interpreters who must interpret regularly and simultaneously in both directions may develop strategic approaches to meet the different demands of A-to-B and B-to-A interpreting. Strategy use can be defined in this study as any goal-oriented,potentially conscious employment of tactics designed to overcome the processing problems interpreters encountered during simultaneous interpreting. This definition involves interpreters'responses to any problems occurring during the stages of comprehension,translation,or production. As demonstrated in this study,strategies were applied throughout the interpreting as a general approach to the interpreting task,namely anticipating,restructuring,generalizing,visualizing and among others. The difference in interpreters' performances seems not only to be a result of the disparity between their A and B language proficiency,but also a result of their awareness of their language abilities,the tactics available to them and other norms they apply to their performance,as well as the speech structures of their working languages. This study not only sheds lights on the differences of performance and strategy use among interpreters working with different language directions,but can also contribute to the design of more effective interpreting teaching programs.展开更多
Simultaneous interpreting(SI)has undergone a long historical period.With a variety of technologies employed in SI,the researches on it have taken on some new features and brought about new inspirations to this industr...Simultaneous interpreting(SI)has undergone a long historical period.With a variety of technologies employed in SI,the researches on it have taken on some new features and brought about new inspirations to this industry.This paper aims at first introducing various technologies or technological tools used in interpreting,and then reviewing on the history of the development of technology-assisted interpreting,the current researches,and their limitations,and finally drawing some inspirations from the past researches of technology-assisted SI,to offer some proposals on the future research trends on technology-assisted SI,ranging from carrying out more empirical studies and surveys to collect interpreters’attitudes towards technology used in SI,to conducting psychological experiments to analyze and explain interpreters’emotional response to technology-assisted SI,to designing specific measurements and indicators to reveal interpreters’discomfort experienced during technology-assisted SI.展开更多
Linguistic readiness,which refers to language efficiency required for simultaneous interpretation,is different from that in daily communication.This experiment aims at observing the linguistic readiness of simultaneou...Linguistic readiness,which refers to language efficiency required for simultaneous interpretation,is different from that in daily communication.This experiment aims at observing the linguistic readiness of simultaneous interpreting trainees,targeting eight post-graduate students majoring in interpretation.After a mock simultaneous interpreting task,the performance of the trainees will be assessed by themselves and three native speakers as well.Through the comparison of the assessment made by the trainees and the native speakers,the author aims at exploring the gap between the number of information points that the trainees think they have delivered and the number that native speakers obtain from the trainees’production,and classifying those information points that could not be understood by native speakers into different types.A conclusion is reached that their linguistic readiness needs to be improved.Therefore,it is necessary to pay more attention to linguistic readiness in interpreting training.展开更多
Nowadays,simultaneous interpreting(SI) plays a prominent role in global communications,especially for important international affairs.This kind of interpretation delivers information in an instantaneous way without wa...Nowadays,simultaneous interpreting(SI) plays a prominent role in global communications,especially for important international affairs.This kind of interpretation delivers information in an instantaneous way without wasting extra time for language processing.Performing well in SI requires long-time training and abundant experience.Making a comprehensive categorization and analysis on the difficulties in SI on the basis of psycho-linguistic theories are the key points.Due to the distinctive features of these difficulties,corresponding suggestions will be offered to improve the efficiency in SI training and to level up the performance of SI interpreters.展开更多
This essay gives a brief introduction to interpretation in term of its definition, characteristics, criteria and classification, providing an overall view to this increasingly widely used communication vehicle in toda...This essay gives a brief introduction to interpretation in term of its definition, characteristics, criteria and classification, providing an overall view to this increasingly widely used communication vehicle in today’s society.展开更多
文摘The“First Multidisciplinary Forum on COVID-19,”as one of the pivotal medical forums organized by China during the initial outbreak of the pandemic,garnered significant attention from numerous countries worldwide.Ensuring the seamless execution of the forum’s translation necessitated exceptionally high standards for simultaneous interpreters.This paper,through the lens of the Translation as Adaptation and Selection theory within Eco-Translatology,conducts an analytical study of the live simultaneous interpretation at the First Multidisciplinary Forum on COVID-19.It examines the interpreters’adaptations and selections across multiple dimensions-namely,linguistic,cultural,and communicative-with the aim of elucidating the guiding role and recommendations that Eco-Translatology can offer to simultaneous interpretation.Furthermore,it seeks to provide insights that may enhance the quality of interpreters’oral translations.
文摘Accumulation of vocabulary, knowledge and experience is the foundation of comprehension and expression in simultaneous interpretation. This paper suggests the importance of accumulation in the development of a successful interpreter.
文摘The rapid evolution of scientific and technological advancements and industrial changes has profoundly interconnected countries and regions in the digital information era,creating a globalized environment where effective communication is paramount.Consequently,the demand for proficient interpreting skills within the scientific and technology sectors has surged,making effective language communication increasingly crucial.This paper explores the potential impact of translation universals on enhancing sci-tech simultaneous interpreter education.By examining the selection of teaching materials,methods,and activities through the lens of translation universals,this study aims to improve the quality of teaching content,innovate instructional approaches,and ultimately,enhance the effectiveness of interpreter education.The findings of this research are expected to provide valuable insights for curriculum development and pedagogical strategies in interpreter education.
文摘Simultaneous interpretation is a kind of interpretation mode, which the interpreter dose not interrupt the speaker in the case of speech, keeping interpreting the speaker's speech to the audience.
基金supported by MYRG2016-00110-FHS,MYRG2015-00036-FHS and MYRG2015-00150-FAH grants from the University of MacaoFDCT 026/2014/A1 and FDCT 025/2015/A1 grants from the Macao government.
文摘The aim of this study is to examine the small-world properties of functional brain networks inChinese to English simultaneous interpreting(SI)using functional near-infrared spectroscopy(INIRS),In particular,the fNIRS neuroimaging combined with complex network analysis wasperformed to extract the features of functional brain networks underling three translationstrategies associated with Chinese to English SI:"transcoding"that takes the"shortcut"linkingtranslation equivalents between Chinese and the English,code-mixing"that basically does notinvolve blingual procesing,and"transphrasingn that takes the long route"involving amonolingual processing of meaning in Chinese and then another monolingual processing ofmeaning in English.Our results demonstrated that the small-world net work topology was able todistinguish well bet ween the transcoding,code-mixing and transphrasing strategies related toChinese to English SI.
文摘Information redundancy is one of the important factors of successful language communication.It makes the implications more obvious and clearly,which helps the receiver get enough information,making the interpreters complete the task successfully.However,if an interpreter just translates the Information redundancy without any adjustment in C-E interpretation,it will cause the overloads or loss of information which will affect a successful communication.The article discussed the ways to adjust Information redundancy in C-E interpretation in order to achieve dynamic redundancy equivalence through practices and examples.
文摘Omission is very common in simultaneous interpretation. In the past, omission has often been thought of as a mistranslation. However in recent years, more and more scholars study and find that proper use of omission in the simultaneous interpreting will not affect the completeness and accuracy of the original. At the same time it can make the translation more concise and fluent,easy to understand, even save more time for an interpreter.
文摘With the development of our country, the use of simultaneous interpretation also increased greatly. As everyone knows, simultaneous interpreting is a very complex task. Therefore, the interpreters need to grasp some particular strategies to reduce the difficulty of simultaneous interpreting. Then this thesis aims to discuss the efficiency of Syntactic Linearity in Simultaneous Interpreting.The theory evidence of this thesis comes from the most fundamental principle in Simultaneous Interpreting, that is, syntactic linearity, which helps the interpreters to deal with long and complex sentences even if he or she has no time to hear and remember the whole sentence.
文摘This study was designed to analyze specifically the impact of language direction on professional Chinese /English interpreters'performance and strategy use through their experience of simultaneous interpreting in different language directions. Simultaneous interpreting ( SI) is a kind of translation that constituted by orally translating the message heard in one language into another language immediately and continuously,and at the meanwhile the message will not stop being produced. The unique characteristics of simultaneous interpretation and the various factors that will have great impact on the procession and performance of Chinese / English SI were taken into discussion. It should be noted that unlike in daily communication situations,comprehension and production are often overlapping in simultaneous interpreting. Concurrent comprehension of the source language and production of the target language is perhaps the most unique characteristic of the SI task. Drawn from the effort model proposed by Gile,simultaneous interpreting is accomplished by the sharing of four major efforts: listening and analyzing,producion,memory,and coordination. In other words,while a comprehension problem will have a negative effect on production,a production problem also has conse-quences for comprehension. In this study I illustrate arguments for interpreting of L1 to L2 and L2 to L1 language respectively,described the studies about interpreters' strategy use and the relationship between language direction and SI strategy use. Interpreters' performance of simultaneous interpreting in different directions was determined by a few factors,including the context,personal factors,and interpreting norms. Studies showed that professional interpreters who must interpret regularly and simultaneously in both directions may develop strategic approaches to meet the different demands of A-to-B and B-to-A interpreting. Strategy use can be defined in this study as any goal-oriented,potentially conscious employment of tactics designed to overcome the processing problems interpreters encountered during simultaneous interpreting. This definition involves interpreters'responses to any problems occurring during the stages of comprehension,translation,or production. As demonstrated in this study,strategies were applied throughout the interpreting as a general approach to the interpreting task,namely anticipating,restructuring,generalizing,visualizing and among others. The difference in interpreters' performances seems not only to be a result of the disparity between their A and B language proficiency,but also a result of their awareness of their language abilities,the tactics available to them and other norms they apply to their performance,as well as the speech structures of their working languages. This study not only sheds lights on the differences of performance and strategy use among interpreters working with different language directions,but can also contribute to the design of more effective interpreting teaching programs.
基金Study on Interpretation Strategies,a project for liberal arts funded by Shanghai Institute of Technology,(Project No.:10210Q180045036).
文摘Simultaneous interpreting(SI)has undergone a long historical period.With a variety of technologies employed in SI,the researches on it have taken on some new features and brought about new inspirations to this industry.This paper aims at first introducing various technologies or technological tools used in interpreting,and then reviewing on the history of the development of technology-assisted interpreting,the current researches,and their limitations,and finally drawing some inspirations from the past researches of technology-assisted SI,to offer some proposals on the future research trends on technology-assisted SI,ranging from carrying out more empirical studies and surveys to collect interpreters’attitudes towards technology used in SI,to conducting psychological experiments to analyze and explain interpreters’emotional response to technology-assisted SI,to designing specific measurements and indicators to reveal interpreters’discomfort experienced during technology-assisted SI.
文摘Linguistic readiness,which refers to language efficiency required for simultaneous interpretation,is different from that in daily communication.This experiment aims at observing the linguistic readiness of simultaneous interpreting trainees,targeting eight post-graduate students majoring in interpretation.After a mock simultaneous interpreting task,the performance of the trainees will be assessed by themselves and three native speakers as well.Through the comparison of the assessment made by the trainees and the native speakers,the author aims at exploring the gap between the number of information points that the trainees think they have delivered and the number that native speakers obtain from the trainees’production,and classifying those information points that could not be understood by native speakers into different types.A conclusion is reached that their linguistic readiness needs to be improved.Therefore,it is necessary to pay more attention to linguistic readiness in interpreting training.
文摘Nowadays,simultaneous interpreting(SI) plays a prominent role in global communications,especially for important international affairs.This kind of interpretation delivers information in an instantaneous way without wasting extra time for language processing.Performing well in SI requires long-time training and abundant experience.Making a comprehensive categorization and analysis on the difficulties in SI on the basis of psycho-linguistic theories are the key points.Due to the distinctive features of these difficulties,corresponding suggestions will be offered to improve the efficiency in SI training and to level up the performance of SI interpreters.
文摘This essay gives a brief introduction to interpretation in term of its definition, characteristics, criteria and classification, providing an overall view to this increasingly widely used communication vehicle in today’s society.
