A Report On The Simulated Simultaneous Interpretation Task At The CSW 66

The report is written to generalize and summarize the simulated simultaneous interpreting task undertaken by the reporter with reference to Judith Butler’s sexuality theory which highlights gender performativity developed on the basis of performative utterance of J·L Austin,psycho-analysis of Jacques Lacan and Sigmund Freud and differánce of Jacques Derrida.The theory holds that sexuality of individuals is always unstable and changing and that sexuality can be performed and constructed by diction and action.The theory is extensively applied by the reporter acting as interpreter in the whole process of the interpreting task and is found to be workable and practical both in the theoretical dimension and in the linguistic dimension.With "women" in focus and as an entry point,the reporter also constructs and analyzes the sexuality of eight speakers in the source video by citing and illustrating examples to test and attest to the effectiveness of gender performativity theory in the SI task.The selected source material is found to be relevant to gender performativity theory as there are 8 speakers delivering their respective speeches,which fits into the the core of gender performativity.The task of the simultaneous practice is to explore the value of gender performativity in interpreting and provide a new thought for reference.