Practice Report On The Escort Interpreting Of The 25th Harbin Trade Fair

With the global economic development, each country is intending to prompt own economy and trade with other countries. So these are many exhibitions held in many places all over the world. China Harbin Fair for Trade and Economic Cooperation is a kind of grand meeting which is held in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province. There are almost 100 countries attending to this grand meeting every year.Escort interpretation has been a dispensable way of communicating with foreign countries to many countries, nowadays, and interpreters with rich experience can not only make sure the fair goes well, but also can have an influence to the communication between two countries.With the development of exhibition, escort interpretation gets more attraction than before. Many interpreters and trainees are making great effort to learn more aspects about the exhibition, such as background of a certain meeting, terminology and so on.This paper aims at stating the problems and pitfalls which the author as an escort interpreter of Indian businessman encountered during the practical experience in Harbin Fair for Trade and Economic Cooperation including culture, interpretation and so on. All these are to make sure the whole exhibition goes well.The first part is an introduction to the Harbin Fair for Trade and Economic Cooperation, including the background, the history, features, aim and connotation. Readers will have a better understanding on the fair.The second part states the process of escort interpretation including meeting Indian businessman, the process of trade and transportation of the goods. With the emergence of sudden problems in the fair, the author comes up with the solving methods.The third part is the analysis of the cases during the fair, like differences of culture, oral sounds, and many mistakes exposed by the author. The mistakes are related to three aspects, the terminology, the long sentence, and the number. Then the author stated the strategies.The final part is the conclusion to this fair, and the author draw the conclusion that preparation before the interpretation is important to the whole fair. It is divided into two parts: phonetics and culture. The author states the difficulties of the fair, and had a profound consideration.