Analysis Of SI In Focus Group Discussion--From The Perspective Of Daniel Gile's Effort Model

This paper, based on personal experience, attempts to analyze a different mode of simultaneous interpreting compared with Conference SI, namely Focus Group Discussion SI.This paper is a close study of SI in Focus Group Discussion supported by Daniel Gile's Effort Model. By introducing the idea of Focus Group Discussion as a market survey tool, this paper will cover the following issues: define how simultaneous interpreters work in Focus Group Discussion; illustrate how they allocate their efforts when interpreting; analyze the problems and failure sequences in SI in Focus Group Discussion due to the limitation of capacity processing; present some basic coping tactics in SI in Focus Group Discussion; and finally, tell the quality assessment of SI in Focus Group Discussion.There is a great need of SI in Focus Group Discussion in China at present. To meet the demands of SI service in the society, the author holds it is very necessary for interpreter trainers and practitioners to be aware of this new mode of simultaneous interpreting, and make some research in it. Meanwhile, Focus Group Discussion which has a easier assessment than Conference SI, may provide the interpreting students with the opportunity to practice their SI skill in a real sense out of class.