从符号学角度看英中交替传译中听力理解的障碍及克服方法

论文摘要

随着各行业全球化趋势的扩展和深入,极大推动了对口译服务的需要,这也反过来丰富了口译市场本身。口译服务于不同语言和文化之间的交流。这日益繁荣和成熟的口译市场又进一步推动了对其理论和实践的研究。其中既有研究口译标准,技能和目的的,也有研究口译职业道德和意向的。但是对于口译当中听力理解的研究似乎不是很多,但是听力理解却是口译中非常关键的一个环节。这篇论文的目的是通过符号学的角度来对英译中口译交替传译中听力理解的问题,而后提出可能的改善办法。文章先分析了一般英语听力和口译中英语听力的不同之处,再采用了符号学理论对英中交替传译中可能遇到的听力障碍进行分析分类,在文章的最后作者提出了一些可能帮助克服听力障碍的方法及策略。通过符号学角度的分析,作者把听力障碍主要分为了三大部分:语言的,副语言的和语言外的。语言的主要是指译员在听力理解时对语言信息的加工能力;而由于每次发言人不同,各自的语言特征也不同,从而需要译员较好较快的适应讲话者的语言特点;最后语言外的知识对听力理解的程度也有非常大的影响,那么针对这些潜在的障碍,译员应该通过口译任务之前甚至期间的准备尽量地避免或者减少。

论文目录

• 摘要
• Abstract
• Chapter One Introduction
• 1.1 Motivation of the research
• 1.2 Rationale and data collection
• 1.3 Research questions
• 1.4 Definition of consecutive interpreting
• 1.5 Listening comprehension in interpreting
• 1.6 Characteristics of comprehension in interpreting
• Chapter Two Literature Review
• 2.1 Studies based on psycholinguistics
• 2.2 Studies based on the schema theory
• 2.3 Studies based on the relevance theory
• 2.4 Listening comprehension in interpreting
• Chapter Three Theoretical Foundation
• 3.1 The semiotics theory
• 3.2 Language as social semiotics put forward by Halliday
• 3.3 Sociosemiotics and translation
• 3.3.1 Types of message
• 3.3.2 Code
• 3.3.3 Cultural presupposition
• 3.3.4 Functions of signs
• 3.3.5 Discourse
• Chapter Four Barriers in Listening Comprehension in English-Chinese Interpreting
• 4.1 Linguistic barriers
• 4.1.1 At the phonological level
• 4.1.2 At the lexical level
• 4.1.3 At the syntactical level
• 4.1.4 At the semantic level
• 4.2 Paralinguistic barriers
• 4.2.1 Pauses
• 4.2.2 Accent
• 4.2.3 Speed
• 4.3 Extralinguistic barriers
• 4.3.1 Subject knowledge
• 4.3.2 Situational knowledge
• 4.3.3 Culture background
• Chapter Five Proposed Solutions and Strategies
• 5.1 Preparation in daily life
• 5.1.1 Linguistic processing ability
• 5.1.2 Encyclopedic knowledge
• 5.1.3 Basic skills of interpreting
• 5.2 Advance preparation
• 5.3 Last- minute preparation
• 5.4 In-interpreting preparation
• 5.5 Coping tactics when listening problems arise
• Chapter Six Conclusion
• 6.1 Conclusion of this study
• 6.2 Limitation of current study and suggestion for future study
• References
• Acknowledgement