The Application Of Adaptation Theory In Consecutive Interpretation

Consecutive Interpretation is a rather complex and dynamic process. The interpreter, as the bridge of cross-cultural communication, should develop high sensibility in factors such as context, communicators, and the difference between languages and cultures. As for the choice of some standard to guide interpretation, scholars have been carrying out various discussions. Based on Adaptation Theory, this thesis sheds new light on the ways how the interpreters achieve his/her best interpretation under the guidance of this theory.The Adaptation Theory was first put up by the Belgian linguist Verschueren in his monograph Understanding Pragmatics, which investigates language-using from a new perspective. In recent years, many researchers have begun to analyze translation with pragmatics. But few have touched the field of combination of Adaptation Theory with Interpretation. Among them the comparatively well-known work is the research finding Interpretation: Choice, Negotiation, and Adaptation by Professor Ma Xia from Guilin University of Electronic Technology, which was published in Chinese Translators Journal (2007). Adaptation Theory points out that languages possess the properties of variability, negotiability and adaptability. Besides, it advocates language-using is a choice-making process during which the adaptability of contextual correlates, linguistic structures, and salience aspect should be investigated.By employing Adaptation Theory, this thesis discusses on how to make choices of linguistic use from a variable range of possibilities in the dynamic process of interpreting in different contextual factors, and also have a few touches about the interpreters'salience aspect. With combination of interpreting samples and the Adaptation Theory, this thesis confirms the significant role in guiding and explaining consecutive interpretation.