A Study Of Addition Strategy In Interpreting Under The Framework Of Adaptation Theory

Interpretation is a strategy-oriented process in which various strategies are employed to achieve desired communicative effects. Verschueren's Adaptation Theory offers a new direction to study interpretation from structural, contextual, dynamic and psychological perspective. Under adaptation framework, the choice of addition strategy can be seen as a dynamic process of adding or supplementing necessary words with the aim of achieving equivalence in contextual correlates and linguistic structure.The thesis would first have a brief study of Adaptation Theory itself from the broad sense, taking into consideration continuous choice making at all possible levels. Afterwards applicability of this theory in interpretation is also introduced. Addition strategy is introduced in chapter three and the author gives a detailed explanation on its relationship with Adaptation Theory, in other words, why Adaptation Theory can be applied to the study of addition. In chapter four, the author goes into details to study addition strategy from different perspectives of the adaptation process. First addition in contextual correlates adaptation is studied from two major directions, which is addition in the process of cultural and situational contextual adaptation respectively. Equal attention is also paid to addition in the process of structural objects adaptation. Later, the author makes a tentative approach to studying the degree of acceptability of addition strategy. In all, Adaptation Theory is not a specific method, but a general principle that guides the interpreter to make appropriate choice and addition. Interpreters shall foster their awareness of the importance of addition strategy and make full use of addition to facilitate interpretation and communication. Due to the limit of time and space, the thesis can not cover all areas, which leaves much space for further improvement.