A Report On Remote Interpreting For The Course "Film And Television Music Appreciation" From The Perspective Of Schema Theory

Against the backdrop of normalization of the prevention and control of the COVID-19 pandemic,most international study programs have shifted to the online platform.The need for online interpreters increased sharply.However,the speaker,interpreter and audience are not in the same space in remote course interpreting.And these courses are highly specialized.This poses new challenges to the interpreter’s professional skills,background knowledge and technical skills,among which background knowledge is particularly important as rich background knowledge can improve analytical listening,understanding and reformulation.The report adopts the schema theory as a guide for the interpreting task for the music course “Film and Television Music Appreciation”,an international collaborative program between Guangxi Arts University(GXAU)and Western Oregon University(WOU).Through a post-task analysis of the transcribed text,the author explores the significance of schema in three stages of course interpreting:analytical listening,comprehension and reformulation.This report finds that pre-task preparation can generate extensive schemas.Linguistic schema,content schema and formal schema can improve the quality of music course interpretation.The content schema is the most important for course interpreting practice and plays an active role in all the three stages of interpreting.It helps interpreters to quickly build a well-organized information structure,better understand the speaker’s intention and reduce the memory burden.However,schemas also have negative effects on interpreting,such as ignoring new detailed information and distorting information to make it more acceptable.Based on above analysis,the author hopes that this report can bring some inspiration to remote interpreting practice,learning and teaching.