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Falling into It: My Experience of Translating Chinese Literature and Reflections on Literary Translation as Profession 堕入其中:我的中国文学翻译经历及对文学翻译职业的思考

International Journal of Chinese and English Translation & Interpreting Pub Date : 2022-11-16 DOI: 10.56395/ijceti.v2i2.44

Christopher Payne

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Does Directionality Affect Chinese-English Consecutive Interpreting Quality? Perceptions and Performance of Chinese Interpreting Students 指向性影响汉英交替传译质量吗?中国口译学生的认知与表现

International Journal of Chinese and English Translation & Interpreting Pub Date : 2022-11-05 DOI: 10.56395/ijceti.v2i2.34

Jing Bu, Yang Li

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Translating Seven Types of Ambiguity in Classical Chinese Poetry 中国古典诗词的七种歧义翻译

International Journal of Chinese and English Translation & Interpreting Pub Date : 2022-10-14 DOI: 10.56395/ijceti.v2i2.37

Quan Feng

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Using Stimulated Recall to Probe Note-taking and Note-related Difficulties Perceived by Professional Trainee Interpreters 利用刺激回忆探究专业口译培训生笔记及笔记相关困难

International Journal of Chinese and English Translation & Interpreting Pub Date : 2022-09-26 DOI: 10.56395/ijceti.v2i2.24

Yuxuan Zheng, Haiming Xu, Ting Hu

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Evaluating the Efficacy of Relay Interpreters: A Case Study about Interpreting for a Development-Aid Project in Sierra Leone 评估传译译员的效能:以塞拉利昂发展援助项目传译为例

International Journal of Chinese and English Translation & Interpreting Pub Date : 2022-06-14 DOI: 10.56395/ijceti.v1i1.15

Yize Zhang, C. Eugeni

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Towards Meaningful Interactions between the East and the West in Translation and Interpreting Studies 在笔译和口译研究中实现东西方之间有意义的互动

International Journal of Chinese and English Translation & Interpreting Pub Date : 2022-06-14 DOI: 10.56395/ijceti.v1i1.33

Binhua Wang, Chonglong Gu

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Translation Style in Two English Versions of Lu Xun’s Gushi Xinbian -- A Case of “Flight to the Moon” 鲁迅《固始新编》两个英译本的翻译风格——以《飞向月球》为例

International Journal of Chinese and English Translation & Interpreting Pub Date : 2022-05-26 DOI: 10.56395/ijceti.v1i1.17

Qinglan Chen, Hongjun Wang, Baorong Wang

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Book Review "Advances in Discourse Analysis of Translation and Interpreting: Linking Linguistic Approaches with Socio-cultural Interpretation" 书评《笔译和口译话语分析的进展：将语言学方法与社会文化口译联系起来"

International Journal of Chinese and English Translation & Interpreting Pub Date : 2022-05-26 DOI: 10.56395/ijceti.v1i1.27

Guiqing Zheng

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Book Review "Diplomatic and Political Interpreting Explained" 书评 "外交和政治口译释义"

International Journal of Chinese and English Translation & Interpreting Pub Date : 2022-03-31 DOI: 10.56395/ijceti.v1i1.9

Xinqiao Cen

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Perceptions of Computer-assisted Interpreting Tools in Interpreter Education in China’s Mainland: Preliminary Findings of a Survey 计算机辅助口译工具在中国大陆口译教育中的作用:一项调查的初步结果

International Journal of Chinese and English Translation & Interpreting Pub Date : 2022-03-31 DOI: 10.56395/ijceti.v1i1.8

H. Wan, Xiaoshu Yuan

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