A Report On China-israel Xuanwu Forum Interpreting Project

Against the backdrop of globalization,international trade and economy are booming.Increasing cross-cultural business cooperation requires the frequency of business negotiations and international conferences.Business interpreting plays a prominent part in the process,for it can affect the final decisions of participants to some extent.The author believes that interpreters should give full play to their initiative by making appropriate adjustments on the basis of loyalty to the source language thus to promote cooperation between the two parties.The author participated in the Interpretation Project of the China-Israel Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Xuanwu Forum in May 2019.She acted as an interpreter for the business negotiation between Oxitone,an Israeli medical company and several Chinese companies.During the interpretation practice,the author encountered three major challenges: discursive source language,the pitfall of word-for-word correspondence and unfamiliarity with technical terms.Through combining the practice and the Interpretive Theory,the author put forward the following solutions.Firstly,interpreters should grasp the real intention of the speaker and the central idea of the discourse so as to figure out the correct logic.Secondly,getting rid of the limitation of the source language and translating meaning instead of words is also feasible.Thirdly,interpreters must make adequate preparations and establish the corresponding glossary before interpreting.The above strategies are based on the author’s business interpretation practice.The report hopes to provide reference for future business interpreters.