法庭口译员在信息处理过程中的决策

论文摘要

随着中国涉外案件的增多,法律翻译越来越得到重视。为了保护公民的合法权益,维护法律程序的公正,法庭口译系统的建立和法庭口译质量的提高越来越紧迫。鉴于此,对法庭口译的研究也就有了很重大的必要性和意义。首先,本文通过运用法律语篇信息成分模型,在法律语篇信息结构的框架内,对口译过程中对信息成分的改变做了分析。通过对语料库中提取的庭审口译材料的分析可以发现,在法庭口译过程中,信息成分的改变是不可避免的,但也有规律可循。通过对原文和译文各自的信息成分进行比较,可以把信息成分的变化总结为:信息丢失、信息补充、信息重组。本文还对法庭口译员就信息成分的改变而作出的译者决策进行了探讨。该探讨从两个角度进行,分别是法庭口译员作为源语言的解码者和作为目的语的编码者。另外,影响译者决策的因素可以归纳为客观和主观两类。在本文中,客观因素主要指英汉语言差异和法律文化差异,以及法官对法庭口译的介入。而主观因素则指译者的自我定位,译者主体性和译者风格。

论文目录

• 摘要
• Abstract
• Contents
• List of Tables and Figures
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 Rationale
• 1.3 Objective
• 1.4 Research Questions
• 1.5 Methodology and Data Collection
• 1.6 Organization of the Thesis
• Chapter 2 Literature Review
• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Previous Studies on Courtroom Interpreting Abroad and in China
• 2.2.1 Studies on courtroom interpreting abroad
• 2.2.2 Studies on courtroom interpreting in China
• 2.2.3 Strength and weakness of previous studies
• 2.3 Studies on Legal Translation
• 2.4 Previous Studies on Discourse Information
• 2.5 Summary of Literature Review
• Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework
• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Cognitive Model of Interpreting
• 3.3 The Model of Discourse Information Elements
• 3.4 Theoretical Framework of the Present Study
• 3.5 General Procedures of the Present Study
• 3.6 Specific Procedures
• 3.7 Summary
• Chapter 4 Patterns of the Changes of Discourse Information Elements
• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Changes of Information Elements in WT
• 4.2.1 Information loss
• 4.2.1.1 Deduction of repeated information elements
• 4.2.1.2 Deletion of trivial information elements
• 4.2.1.3 Improper information loss
• 4.2.1.4 Overview analysis of information loss
• 4.2.2 Information enrichment
• 4.2.2.1 Addition of agent
• 4.2.2.2 Addition of legal explanations
• 4.2.2.3 Addition of information elements caused by contextual reasons
• 4.2.2.4 Clearing the references of pronouns
• 4.2.2.5 Improper information enrichment
• 4.2.2.6 Overview analysis of information enrichment
• 4.2.3 Information reorganization
• 4.2.3.1 Information reorganization caused by logical problems
• 4.2.3.2 Information reorganization caused by different expressions
• 4.2.3.3 Different places for modifiers
• 4.2.3.4 Information reorganization in Wh questions
• 4.2.3.5 Overview of information reorganization in WT
• 4.3 Changes of Information Elements in WF
• 4.3.1 Information loss
• 4.3.2 Information enrichment
• 4.3.3 Information reorganization
• 4.3.4 Overview analysis
• 4.4 Changes of Information Elements in WJ
• 4.4.1 Information loss
• 4.4.2 Information enrichment
• 4.4.3 Information reorganization
• 4.4.4 Overview analysis
• 4.5 Summary of This Chapter
• Chapter 5 Courtroom Interpreters' Decision Making in Information Processing
• 5.1 Introduction
• 5.2 Courtroom Interpreters' Decision Making in Decoding
• 5.2.1 Case study focusing on the knowledge of language
• 5.2.2 General description focusing on the knowledge of language
• 5.2.3 Case study focusing on the knowledge of subject
• 5.2.4 General description focusing on the knowledge of subject
• 5.2.5 Case study focusing on the analysis
• 5.2.6 General description focusing on the analysis
• 5.2.7 Overview analysis of courtroom interpreter's decision making in decoding
• 5.3 Courtroom Interpreters' Decision Making in Encoding
• 5.3.1 Courtroom interpreters' decision making in information loss
• 5.3.2 Courtroom interpreters' decision making in information enrichment
• 5.3.3 Courtroom interpreters' decision making in information reorganization
• 5.4 Relationship between Decoding and Encoding
• 5.5 Overview Analysis of Courtroom Interpreters' Decision Making
• 5.6 Summary of This Chapter
• Chapter 6 Influential Factors for Courtroom Interpreters' Information Processing
• 6.1 Introduction
• 6.2 Objective Factors
• 6.2.1 Linguistic differences between Chinese and English
• 6.2.1.1 Meaning oriented or form oriented
• 6.2.1.2 Different sentence structure
• 6.2.2 Legal cultural differences
• 6.2.3 Intervention of the judge
• 6.2.4 Summary of the objective factors
• 6.3 Subjective factors
• 6.3.1 Interpreter's self-identification
• 6.3.2 Interpreter's subjectivity
• 6.3.3 Courtroom interpreters' interpreting style
• 6.3.4 Summary of the subjective factors
• 6.4 Summary of This Chapter
• Chapter 7 Conclusion
• 7.1 Summary of the Present Study
• 7.2 Conclusion
• 7.3 Implications
• 7.4 Limitations
• 7.5 Suggestions for Further Study
• References
• Acknowledgements