校园英语 / 翻译探究Conference Interpreting Explained鲁东大学/盖孟姣【Abstract】This book written by Roderick Jones is easy to read for me.It gives me a bit confidence through reading a book and this time I know a bit about how to read a book quickly.After this,I will read more books about interpreting and translating for my further study.From my perspective,every part of this book consists of three parts,that is,the theory part,the examples part and the concluding part.Through reading this book,I know something about interpreting such as simultaneous interpreting techniques and some actual examples.Anyhow,I still need a lot of practice to improve my English capability.What I have written below is the main content of the fourth part in this book,and the feelings of my reading the book.【Keywords】Conference interpreting; book remarks; simultaneous interpreting,techniqueSimultaneous InterpretingThere are two obvious differences between simultaneous and consecutive interpreting,that is,an acoustic one and an intellectual one.The acoustic difficulty is that in consecutive the interpreter listens first,then speaks.In simultaneous,the interpreter has to speak and listen at the same time,which is an unnatural activity and has to be cultivated.The intellectual difficulty is that in consecutive,when the interpreter opens their mouth they have heard the whole speech and should know where they are going.Sometimes interpreters cannot catch the key points,but they can still understand what speaker have said under the overall context of the speech.While simultaneous interpreters do not know where the speaker is going.The Technique of Simultaneous InterpretingSimplificationThe speaker may be talking over the heads of their audience.The interpreter may very well be able to cope with the speech,but a faithful rendering would just leave the audience confused.An interpreter’s first duty is not so much to be faithful to the speaker’s words come what way,but to maximize communication.A perfectionist would make a supreme effort to interpret even the problematic passage.But in practice the upshot would probably be that they would spend so much time and effort on it that the more important element,the question at the end,would be less satisfactory interpreted.The interpreter must know how to sacrifice the less important to the more important.What If I Make a Clear Mistake?First,it is possible for the interpreters to make a mistake on a point that has little or no bearing on the way the meeting proceeds,perhaps an aside by the speaker,and nobody has noticed.If the error makes no material difference it is a waste of time,both for the interpreter and for their delegates,to make the correction,and the interpreter should just pass it over in silence. Second,the interpreter might make a mistake on a point that is more significant,but it then becomes obvious from the behavior of their audience that they have mentally rectified in any case. Finally,the interpreter might make a clear material mistake that is important,and their audience does not realize it.They must swallow their pride and correct the point as quickly and as clearly as possible.Intonation,Stress and PausesSentences should be clearly separated by the appropriate intonation and,if necessary,a brief pause.Sentences should be strung out endlessly with ‘and…and…and…’.Paragraphs and sections in a speech should be clearly denoted by slightly longer pauses in the interpretation.Insofar as an interpreter uses rhetorical devices – including rhetorical questions – or is expressing surprise,emotion,etc.,they should accompany the words with the right intonation.NumbersFirst,one must realize that numbers,as used in meetings,are much more complex than they at first seem.The second technique is that if at all possible,the interpreter should unload their memory and say numbers as soon as possible after the speaker has said them.If the interpreter senses that numbers are going to be given,they should accelerate their own speech so as to catch up the speaker.Finally,interpreters can choose to express numbers in the way they find most convenient.What I have written is only a small part of the fourth part and may good advices and suggestions go to me.References：[1]Bowen, David and Margareta Bowen (eds) (1990) Interpreting – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Binghamton: SUNY.[2]Déjean-Le Féal, Karla (1997) ‘Simultaneous Interpreting with “training wheels”’,Meta 42(4):616-621.[3]Van Besien, Fred (1999) ’Anticipation in Simultaneous Interpreting’, Meta 44(2):250-259.Copyright©博看网 . All Rights Reserved.- 231 -。
