A Report On Interpreting At Shandong Huayi Sunlight Solar Energy Company

This report is based on the author’s interpreting experience at Shandong Huayi Sunlight Solar Energy Company. It consists of four parts:task description, process description, difficulties and coping strategies, and service feedback.The first chapter gives a description of the interpreting task. It introduces the client, namely Shandong Huayi Sunlight Solar Energy Company, the direct users of the interpreting service, namely those with whom the interpreter directly contacts, and the limited information interpreter got beforehand.The second chapter is process description. It provides a detailed description of the interpreter’s preparation and the whole interpreting activity from reception of the foreign customers, a tour around Huayi, trade negotiation, to factory inspection and the banquet. In this typical trade reception, the interpreter has gone through five different yet closely related scenarios where she constantly adjusts herself to ensure best performance.The third chapter discusses the difficulties encountered during the whole period, such as technical terms, strong accent of the Malaysian customers, and interpreter positioning. The author then puts forward certain coping strategies in each situation. The Fourth chapter includes feedback from the client and foreign costumers, as well as the interpreter’s self-evaluation towards her own work.In Conclusion, the report points out that practical experience is an essential part of interpreting learning. Interpreting curricula design should include both skill training and specific topic discussions. Proper curricula adjustments will help student-interpreters be better prepared for the unexpected both psychologically and technically.