The Influence Of Internet-Based Technologies On Interpretation Service Industry

The thesis discusses the influences the internet-based technology has on the interpretation service industry as a whole from the perspectives of national supportive policies,the status quo of current market,the development trend of the market,the status of the interpretation service industry,the progress of the technology and successful cases.To begin with,according to existing researches,previous achievements along with personal observations,the author analyzed current situations of researches on interpretation service industry and market and identified the existing gap through literature analysis method,observation and deductive analysis.The author then identify the status quo of and the development trend of the current market through desk research,data mining and analysis in order to locate existing problems such as poor access between the market demand and service supply,the small scale of the interpretation industry.The author also analyzed the circumstances the interpretation industry is in against the background of prevailing internet technology and interpretation related technology as well as the corresponding influence it has.The dissertation also gives information about potential applications for interpretation in all end systems.Besides,pragmatic advices for the future development trend and interpretation teaching are listed in order to address existing problems in the current market with potential viable solutions and suggestions so there can be better platform and professional career guidance for the interpretation talents in the near future.The dissertation has the following innovation points: Firstly,interpretation market or industry related researches only account for a rather small portion in the studies and academic researches although it‘s of absolute necessity to put more efforts in as the study of the current interpretation market and its development trend is closed related to the interpreters‘ future career and the interpretation teaching,which will further influence the development of interpreters and reshape the future of interpretation teaching.Another innovation point lies in that the author introduced Porter‘s Five Forces Principle into the case study of a successful interpretation service provider while previous studies were mostly done from the perspectives of interpretation skills.Lastly,the author made some forward-looking and strategic suggestions and solutions regarding to the internet technology and interpretation industry.