手语口译现状调查与研究分析.pdfVIP

Surveyonsignlanguageinterpretingin

XiaoXiaoyanandYuRuiling

XiamenUniversity

Thoughresearchintosignlanguageinterpreting(SLI)hasbeenrecognizedasan

integralpartofgeneraltranslationstudies,especiallyofinterpretingstudies,SLI

isyettomakeitswayintotheconsciousnessoftranslationstudiesresearchers

onthe.Thispaperpresentsdatacollectedfromtwosurveys

carriedoutin,oneofthesignlanguageinterpretersandoneofthedeaf

community,coveringareasincludingtheinterpreters’professionalprofi,the

SLImarket,professionalissues,interpretingdifficulties,directionality,qual-

ityissuesandtheroleoftheinterpreter.Thepaperendswithananalysisofthe

uniquechallengesfacingtheprofessionaldevelopmentofandresearchintoSLI

in.

Keywords:signlanguageinterpreting,survey,currentstatus,Sign

Language(CSL)

1.Introduction

Itisnotsurprisingthat,asthemostpopulouscountryintheworld,should

alsotoptheworldlistforitsdeafpopulation:20.57million.1Whilethisfiguremay

suggestanenormousmarketforsignlanguageinterpreting(SLI)services,thatis

notyetthecaseinforhistorical,politicalandculturalreasons.SLIwasnot

lyrecognizedasaprofessionuntilasrecentlyas2007.2Themedia

reportthisrecognitionasasignof“substantialsocialprogresstowardstherealisa-

tionofaharmonioussocialistsociety”.3WhiletheBeijingOlympicsandParalym-

picsattractedtheworld’sattentionto,thegamesalsoservedasmitone

eventsinarousinggreatattentionwithintothesevereshortageofqualified

SLinterpreters(Yuan2007:33).Despite