A survey to profile conference interpreting practice in China

IF 1.8 1区文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Interpreting Pub Date : 2016-01-01 DOI:10.1075/INTP.18.2.05HAN

Chao Han

引用次数: 8

Abstract

This report presents findings from an online survey of 140 English/Chinese conference interpreters, conducted as a follow-up of an exploratory diary study (Han 2015), to provide a detailed account of real-life interpreting practice in China. Three main tendencies are identified: a) conference-related materials (mainly programmes and speakers’ scripts/notes) are often received late, leaving little preparation time; b) interpreters do a much wider variety of simultaneous interpreting tasks than previously thought, albeit with varying degrees of frequency; c) difficulties are felt to arise mainly from technical subject matter and terminology, speakers’ delivery (strong accent, speed), and lack of preparation. These findings largely support the diary study results and previous scholarly descriptions.

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中国会议口译实践概况调查

本报告介绍了一项对140名中英文会议口译员进行的在线调查的结果，该调查是一项探索性日记研究(Han 2015)的后续研究，旨在详细描述中国现实生活中的口译实践。确定了三个主要趋势:a)与会议有关的材料(主要是方案和讲话稿/笔记)往往收到较晚，留下很少的准备时间;B)口译员做的同声传译任务比以前想象的要广泛得多，尽管频率有所不同;C)困难主要来自技术主题和术语，演讲者的演讲(重口音，语速)，以及缺乏准备。这些发现在很大程度上支持了日记研究结果和之前的学术描述。

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Interpreting Multiple-

CiteScore

5.30

自引率

15.80%

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期刊介绍： Interpreting serves as a medium for research and debate on all aspects of interpreting, in its various modes, modalities (spoken and signed) and settings (conferences, media, courtroom, healthcare and others). Striving to promote our understanding of the socio-cultural, cognitive and linguistic dimensions of interpreting as an activity and process, the journal covers theoretical and methodological concerns, explores the history and professional ecology of interpreting and its role in society, and addresses current issues in professional practice and training.