Dynamic Interpretation Researches And Compilation Of Interpretation Coursebook

To meet our country's fast-growing development of international interactions in a wide variety of fields, Education Ministry has issued the decree that interpretation be the compulsory course in foreign language colleges and universities. However, in China "The study of interpretation teaching theory and methodology lags behind in terms of teaching principles, contents and training methods and time for teaching, it needs further exploration and improvement"(Fang Jianzhuang,1998). Faced with the current situation, the scholars and teachers in translation circle has made an effort to explore interpretation theories and compile interpretation textbooks. The number of course books on interpretation has been on the rise. According to Liu heping(2002), the coursebooks available mainly can be classified into two groups: one is traditionally focused on language transfer; the other is exerted on communicative capacity. They are almost compiled on the basis of experience, with no teaching program to follow. As interpretation is an advanced dynamic cognitive activity, teaching of interpretation should be conducted in a scientific manner under the guidance of interpretation theory and related research findings from other fields. To explore the rule of interpretation, such subjects as applied linguistics, social linguistics, psychology linguistics, cognitive psychology, nerve linguistics, cross-cultural communication are involved. And "the primary goal of interpretation is to equip the trainees with the essential mechanics of interpretation for their satisfactory and rapid access to the interpretation positions"(LiuHeping,2001).The teaching goal is to equip students with interpretation skills with knowledge on interpretation process and features. So this paper argues compilation of interpretation coursebook should be based on dynamic interdisciplinary researches and takes interpretation course as example elaborating on how interdisciplinary interpretation theories guide the compilation of it. At the end of the paper, suggestions are made by the author in hope of inspiring more good ideas on interpretation coursebook compilation.