《口译研究综述_interpreting》.ppt

Introduction to Interpreting Studies Zhao Junfeng School of Interpreting and Translation Studies Session One An Overview of Interpreting Main Issues of Interpreting Studies The Concepts of Interpreting What is interpreting studies A brief history of the discipline Settings and constellations Typological parameters Domains and dimensions The Concepts of Interpreting Latin interpres (expounder, person explaining what is obscure, explaining the meaning, making sense of) Metaphorical names: middleman, intermediary, commercial go-between In legal sphere, lawyers to interpret the law, court interpreter to translate the language Question: to translate or interpret? Kade’s definition In principle, interpreting is performed ‘here and now’ for the benefit of people who want to engage in communication across barriers of language and culture Interpreting is a form of Translation in which a first and final rendition in another language is produced on the basis of a one-time presentation of an utterance in a source language (Pochhacker 2004: 11). Immediacy as the key word Conceptual ingredients An activity consisting (mainly) in The production of utterances (texts) which are Presumed to have a similar meaning and/or effect As previously existing utterances in another language and culture The Definition of Interpreting 口译（Interpreting，也称Interpretation），是一种通过听取和解析来源语(source language)所表达的信息，随即将其转译为目标语(target language)语言符号，进而达到传递信息之目的的言语交际活动。（梅德明，1996） 口译不是单纯意义上的言语行为，而是一种涉及诸多知识层面的跨文化的交际行为。（钟述孔，1999） Definition of Interpreting (Cont’d) 口译是一项高智能的思维科学形式和艺术再创造的活动。口译思维从主体上说属于抽象思维，更注重逻辑推理和分析；如果说翻译是艺术，那它离不开形象思维，离不开感知。（刘和平，2001：10） 翻译即释意（interpretation)。释意原理源于会议翻译， 它帮助我们发现了其遵循的三角程序：从讲话的有声符号出发，经过语义和认知知识融合的非语言过程，构成篇章的片断意义从而开始重新表达。（勒代雷，2001） What is interpreting studies Research as object, subject or discipline? The field of interpreting studies, began to form a (sub)disciplinary identity of its own in the 1990s. Within the field of the wider field of Translation studies. The translational a