| With the deepening of economic globalization, the exchanges among countries speaking different language has become unprecedentedly frequent, which definitely leads to the increase of demand for competent interpreters. Accordingly, how to evaluate the performance in interpreting has been attracting more and more attentions from both interpreting scholars and practitioners. In her book Interpretation and Evaluation, Cai Xiaohong provides us with a formula for calculating the quality of interpreting, which involves four parameters—completeness of information, accuracy of reproduction, fluency in the delivery of target text and the flexibility of using communication strategies. Cai has brought forward a solution to the quantitative evaluation of completeness of information only. Thus, the author of this paper attempts to provide with a solution to the quantitative evaluation of accuracy of reproduction based on Pragramtic Markedness Equivalence Principle (PMEP) put forward by Hou Guojin.In this paper, the author first reviews the previous achievements in field of interpretation evaluation in a quantitative way, and then elaborates on PMEP, based on which a set of interpretation evaluation criteria are brought forward. Then, a case study is conducted, in which the author apply these criteria to the quantitative evaluation of English-Chinese simultaneous interpretation of parts of remarks by US President Barack Obama at the Museum of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China, on November 16,2009. Based on the case study, the author tries to demonstrate that PMEP-based interpretation evaluation criteria as well as the formula for calculating the accuracy of reproduction are feasible and applicable. Finally, the author points out the limitations of the study in this paper and put forward some suggestions for improvement in this regard.
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