Interpreting Strategies Under The Guidance Of The Cooperative Principle:A Practice Report Of Escort Interpreting

Since the essence of interpreting is the facilitator to communication,Grice's cooperative principle,as the basic principle of communication,can also be used in interpretation.However,most of the researches are focused on the application of the cooperative principle in business conference interpreting,while few on the study of tour escort interpreting in the exploration of the pragmatics and interpreting.In addition,most of the studies take the CP principle as the standard to evaluate the interpreting performance and fail to discuss the guiding significance of the CP principle for the interpreting practice.Based on the cooperative principle,this paper analyzed the author's practice as a tour escort interpreter and demonstrated the strategies that can be adopted by complying with the CP principle and violating the CP principle.Through a detailed analysis of the pre-task preparation,the difficulties encountered in the interpreting practice and the post-task summary,the author found the significance of observing and violating the CP principle for escort interpreting.On the one hand,to strictly abide by the CP principle was able to faithfully and concisely express the client's meaning.On the other hand,in order to accurately convey the client's implication and ensure smooth interlingual communication,it was necessary for the interpreter to violate some maxims of the CP principle.This report can be divided into five chapters.Chapter one is a brief introduction of the paper.Chapter two is the literature review on the four conversational maxims of cooperative principle,its development and its application in interpreting.Chapter three is the description of the interpreting practice,including the pre-task preparation,the on-site interpreting scenario and the summary after interpreting.Chapter four is the case study on the application of the cooperative principle for the interpreting strategies,including the strategies by observing the cooperative principle and strategies by violating the cooperative principle.Chapter five is the summary of the report,including the main findings,suggestions for future interpreting practice and limitations.With the help of the CP principle,interpreters can adopt appropriate interpreting strategies to fulfill their duties as qualified interpreters,further improve the interpretation quality and performance,and improve the communication effect.