Optimal Relevance Theory Approaches To Metaphor-Interpreting In Conference Speeches

Existences of metaphors in conference speeches or lectures are seen as barriers, once interpreters have no access to adequate training exercises and preparatory strategy for transforming them in a quick and efficient way. The approach and research to conceited core of metaphor and workable advice or solving strategy would be the target aim in this thesis. Optimal relevance theory illustrates the cause, characteristics, work mechanism and development to metaphor initiated from psychological perspective and reveals the infinite meaning mapping closely associated with the interpreter's limited recognition abilities and the hearer's knowledge reservation capacity as well as dynamic process of metaphor formation calling for constant adaptability of new contexts intermingled with related information. Optimal relevance perspective would come out of comprehending metaphors in conference speech into what should be approached and what is possibly discussed in this thesis.It is mainly about introduction, recognition and adoptability analysis to optimal relevance theory in chapter one, and the ultimate goal is to sum up merits of optimal relevance theory in terms of solving metaphors derived from conference speeches. Meanings to one metaphor are often diversified and there are more than one metaphor meaning equivalents, which make difference for the closeness to the contexts and acceptability to those listeners at present. Secondly, recognition limitation of one interpreter exerts influence upon implicature establishing as well as the digging out of the target meanings. The wider of the core beholding range undertaken by the speaker, the listeners and the interpreter is, more chances there would be in terms of successful communication. Thirdly, there is one water-shed bridging the common dialogue and metaphors, and it should be seen as continuous integrity, calling for the constant moderating the metaphorical meaning collateration.Panoramic views on metaphor interpreting may involve specific analysis in different periods of interpretation in the chapter two and specific skills to illustrate feasible strategy in chapter three would be helpful and practical particularly when interpreters are incapable of sifting ideal methods for comprehending or figuring out equivalent images for them. Interpretation study and strategy approaches to find out workable and pragmatic means or thinking ways are the fundamental mainstay and core in terms of importance in this thesis.All those pragmatic and typical examples are excerpted from the latest news mainly about political ones and other fields concerned. Words, phrases, sentences and paragraphs even contexts about metaphor in conference speeches are selected and analyzed in search of specific solution. At the end of this thesis, some expectations and problems to be solved in the future would be pointed out; what's more, personal practical operation is closely connected with what goal to be fulfilled and is conducive to stimulating the further exploration of interpretation study.