Study On Comprehension In Interpretation In Light Of Gile's Models

Daniel Gile's Processing Capacity Models or Effort Models are well-known in the interpretation field. Gile set up two models respectively for simultaneous interpretation and consecutive interpretation in reference to their characteristics. To make further research on comprehension, he put forward Comprehension Equation. In the equation, the course and effort allocation in comprehension are exposed in a clear way, which makes great contribution to the research on comprehension. The author deduces the transformation of Comprehension Equation to show that effort on the Knowledge of the Language, Extra-linguistic Knowledge and Analysis are interrelated to each other. The former two types of knowledge are supposed to be employed by Analysis whereas the logic and feasible Analysis should be based on the accumulation of Knowledge of the Language and Extra-linguistic Knowledge. To reduce the effort required in comprehension, interpreters should learn to expand and perfect the structure of their knowledge and then allocate effort in a scientific and reasonable way.Comprehension is a major element in interpretation. It is not exaggerating at all to say that full and correct comprehension is half the battle of interpretation. However, comprehension is such a complicated course in which all kinds of subtle elements interact with each other. The thesis aims to make use of Gile's Processing Capacity Models to analyze the course of comprehension so as to find out working factors that influence comprehension. The illustration of psychological procedures of comprehension shows that comprehension is a course in which people try to connect the input of speech with the existent KL and ELK in the Long Term Memory (LTM). The connecting process is deemed as analysis of comprehension. Eventually, a conclusion can be drawn that Gile's Processing Capacity Models as well as his Comprehension Equation plays an important part in improving comprehension. To achieve effective comprehension, interpreters should work hard and accumulate as much information of all kinds as possible and thus be a language expert to carry out language transformation. However, what really differentiates the performances of interpreters is not the command of linguistic knowledge but the extra-linguistic knowledge; interpreters should be a living encyclopedia, judging the correct idea of speech from both verbal and nonverbal communication. Additionally, as an interpreter, they are supposed to be capable to adopt strategies adroitly so as to make full use of their backup knowledge. It is hoped that the thesis could attract more attention to Gile's models and be helpful for interpreters.