A Skopotheorie-based Study On Foreign Affairs Interpreting

Against the backdrop of globalization, China has, after thirty years of reform and opening-up, jumped to be the world second largest economy. With its ever-rising international status and ever-increasing voice on the international arena, China has been embracing an unparalleled time of booming foreign exchanges.The success of foreign exchanges is largely determined by the success of translation and interpretation in the process. Foreign affairs translation can be simplely defined as a language transfering behavior to facilitate the communication in any kind of diplomatic or foreign affairs activities. Indicated by its nature and occasions, foreign affairs translation is quite distinctive from other forms of translation,with political sensibility and topicality being two of its features. It comprises written translation and interpretation, which can be sub-devided into simultaneous interpretation and consecutive interpretation, and the latter will be the focus of this thesis.For any country or region, the significance of foreign affairs interpreting is self-evident, therefore, it is quite necessary to back up this field of interpretation with theoretical research. However, research in this regard are far from enough, particularly in foreign affairs interpretation. Under this background, this thesis intends to conduct a research and explore into foreign affairs interpretation, with a theoretical framework based on the skopostheorie, a core theory of the German functionalism.This thesis comprises six parts. The first part serves as introduction; Part two-Chapter one is committed to literature review; Chapter two will be devoted to the Skopostheorie of the German functionalism, marking the theoretical framework of this thesis; In Chapter three, the author will elaborate on matters like the history and the features of foreign affairs interpretation; Chapter four is prepared for the detailed discussion between the Skopostheorie and foreign affairs interpretation; finally , the last part will offer a brief summary of the whole thesis.