Interpreters' "Treacherous Behaviours" In Escort Interpretation

The treacherous behaviors, or treason, as often called by some, is not an uncommon phenomenon. It happens frequently in translation and interpretation processes, especially in escort interpretation. The point of view that interpreters'treacherous behaviors in escort interpretation show that escort interpretation is a re-creational process by the interpreter, is raised in this thesis.This thesis includes all together six chapters:The first chapter introduces escort interpretation briefly, including mainly two parts, which are respectively the introduction of interpretation in the general sense, including the definition, features, judging criteria and classification of interpretation, and the introduction of escort interpretation, including the definition, characteristics and basic requirements for escort interpretation.The second chapter further introduces the essence of escort interpretation, which is divided into the relation between escort interpretation and culture, the relation between escort interpretation and thoughts, the relation between escort interpretation and equivalence and the inherent law-similarity of escort interpretation.The third chapter raises the concept of treacherous behaviors in escort interpretation. It is developed in the sequence of first, the introduction of the usual treacherous measures and forms; second, a comparison between the source texts and the target texts in escort interpretation, and third, a summary drawn from the above analysis.The fourth chapter raises the central topic of this thesis, and is a further development on the third chapter. In this chapter, re-creation and some of its relevant notions are introduced, including the notion of"precise","precise and equivalence","adequacy"and"function and loyal".The fifth chapter explains and analyzes the reasons for re-creation and treachery in escort interpretation from the perspective of thoughts, including abstract thoughts, imagery thoughts and intuitive thoughts, and from the perspective of culture, linguistics, thinking pattern, untranslatability and the characteristics of escort interpretation and the role of escort interpreters.The last chapter, the sixth chapter gives the solution to the re-creation phenomenon in escort interpretation: suggestions of how escort interpretation should be done re-creationally, including first, the yardstick for re-creation in the treacherous behavior; second, such strategies that can be applied in the re-creation process as adaptation, naturalization and domestication etc.; third, techniques that can be used in re-creation like"notes or short memory","paraphrase and explanation"and"key information and the sense of adjustment"and so on.This thesis is mainly written for the purpose of calling the attention of both interpretation researchers and practitioners on the importance of escort interpretation research and practice. It introduces some research theories about escort interpretation and some suggestions of how to conduct escort interpretation properly based on the research theories. It also raised some innovative ideas such as the specific judging criteria and requirements for escort interpretation,"treacherous behavior"as a sort of re-creation in escort interpretation and some specific interpretation skills and techniques that can be applied to escort interpretation.