C-E Interpreting Expressions In Press Conference From The Perspective Of The Interpretive Theory

With the close contacts of Chinese people in culture and economy with foreign countries,interpretation activities play a decisive role in cross-cultural communication.press conference interpreting serves as an important bridge between China and the outside world and it has become very important.As one type of the press conference,Chai Jing 's new book publishing conference is an ideal case for this thesis.During this conference,Chai described what she had seen and heard over the years.It has certain professional and educational significance.It is an valuable material for both learning and interpretation.The Interpretative theory emphasizes that the ultimate goal of interpretation is to render the sense rather than linguistic covers of the source language.It has provided a ideal strategy for press conference interpretation.Founded by Danica Seleskovitch,the Interpretive Theory is the oldest interpreting theories across the world.According to the theory,the whole process of interpreting can be divided into three steps,which are comprehension,deverbalization and re-expression.It has provided a very practical guidance for interpreters.The thesis is based on the interpretive theory.And the author selects Chai's book conference as the scene and her speech and the Q&A part as the materials of Chinese-English translation.Through the application of the triangular model of the Interpretive Theory,some common problems are discovered and possible solutions proposed.The challenges include long sentences,logic confusion,and Chinese poems and old saying,while the solutions are reconstruction of the syntax,amplification and omission,and paraphrasing.By the thesis,the author hopes to find more methodology to improve interpreting quality,and provide certain references for future interpreters.