Coping Approach To Thought-Pattern-Difference Problems In Chinese To English Interpreting

Studies on the Thought Pattern Difference (TPD) between the Chinese and Westerners have been carried on for years. So have those on the quality of comprehension and production in interpreting. Yet up to now, few scholars have touched on the TPD problem in interpreting, not to mention systematic elaboration on the issue. This thesis is devoted to the search of an ideal coping approach to problems triggered by TPD in Chinese-English interpreting from the communicative perspective. Based on the Skopos Theory and the Gricean Cooperative Principle, a binary approach called Functional-Pragmatic Explanation that upholds structural reformulation and pragmatic optimization is proposed to tackle the interpreting problems caused by TPD.