A Practice Report On Liaison Interpreting For The Bengtsfors Delegation's Visit To Tengxian County During The 15^th Wuzhou Jewel Festival

Wuzhou produces more than 13.6 billion artificial gemstones every year and boasts the name of "the world's artificial gem capital".The 15 th Wuzhou Jewel Festival,with the theme of "The Centennial Trade Port-Wuzhou Integrates into East China to Achieve Win-win Cooperation" was held in Wuzhou,Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region from October 27 to 30,attracting government officials,experts,scholars and businessmen from Sweden,Vietnam,Thailand,Malaysia,Myanmar,Laos and other countries.As an liaison interpreter of the delegation of the city of Bengstfors,Sweden,the author of this report was hired for interpreting services for various visits in Wuzhou and its surrounding counties in the course of the Jewel Festival.This report is an analysis and summary of the process of this liaison interpreting.This report mainly discusses three aspects.The first is the advance study and analysis of the liaison interpretation task,including the introduction of the task itself,the relevant analysis of the characteristics of the task,the objectives and the corresponding requirements.The second is the general description of the task process,including the advanced preparation(clients' information,background knowledge,site preparation,etc.)and the evaluations both from the clients and the interpreter herself.In the part of case analysis,the author firstly made an introduction to those obvious problems in the interpreting,secondly,stressed on the two main factors that influence the author most during the interpreting.Finally,the author will face these problems and factors and discuss some corresponding interpretation strategies.At thesame time,the author also made a conclusion to analyze the gains and losses in this practice,thus enhances her own interpretation ability,as well as to provide references for other interpreters in the similar situation in the future.