English-Chinese simultaneous interpretation

Author: Zhang Weiwei
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Publish Date: 1999-10-01
Features: English plays a dominant role in today's international communication and is the primary working language in most international conferences. With the rise of China and the growing influence of the Chinese community, the use of Chinese in international conferences and various international interactions is also increasing day by day. This naturally creates a broader demand for high-quality English-Chinese simultaneous interpretation. This book is a specialized work on English-Chinese simultaneous interpretation, outlining the theoretical knowledge of simultaneous interpretation. It focuses on explaining the theories, methods, and techniques of simultaneous interpretation, making it a valuable assistant for those studying interpreting! This book is an attempt to explore the laws of simultaneous interpretation and undoubtedly contains many shortcomings and weaknesses. The author takes full responsibility for these and sincerely hopes for the readers' help. When citing academic viewpoints, the book strives to list the sources of the quotes as much as possible. However, the book has also borrowed some example sentences and translated passages from other books and articles on translation and, according to the requirements of simultaneous interpretation, has reprocessed a significant portion of them. Due to space constraints, it has not been possible to list all the sources. The focus of this book is to explore the theories and techniques of English-Chinese simultaneous interpretation. Simultaneous interpretation can be compared to a four-story building: the first floor is language knowledge, the second floor is background knowledge, the third floor is the interpreter's qualities, and the fourth floor is the theory and techniques of simultaneous interpretation. The effectiveness of the fourth floor relies on the support of the three floors below. If an interpreter cannot understand the speaker's language or grasp the content of the speech, no matter how much theory and technique they master, they cannot become a qualified simultaneous interpreter. Similarly, without the basic psychological qualities an interpreter should possess—such as slow reactions or a tendency to be easily nervous—simultaneous interpretation becomes impossible. Of course, all four levels develop gradually. Limited by the scope and theme of this book, we will not discuss the content of the first, second, and third floors in too much detail but will focus on the exploration of simultaneous interpretation theory and the analysis and training of simultaneous interpretation techniques.