On The Interpreting Of Numerical Information Between English And Chinese

In this thesis,the author attempts to analyze the causes of difficulties in interpreting of numerical information from the perspective of cognitive psychology.Numerical information is a well-recognized problem trigger in both simultaneous and consecutive interpreting.Many coping techniques have been proposed by early researchers based on their interpreting and teaching experience.However,there is no precedent which explores the causes of these difficulties and failures from cognitive perceptive.The author endeavors to uncover the intrinsic reasons and proposes training and practice strategies based on the findings.The thesis is composed of the following chapters:Chapter 1 serves to conceptualize the basic notions pertinent to this study, including interpreting and cognitive psychology,and presents an overview on previous research on interpreting from cognitive perspective.The relation between cognitive psychology and interpreting of numerical information is also discussed.Chapter 2 firstly defines the numerical information that will be further explored in the thesis.Then it analyzes the features of numerical information from various perspectives and compares the differences in numerical systems between the Chinese and English languages.The representation of numerical knowledge is elucidated in the end.Chapter 3 expounds on the numerical information processing at each stage of the memory system including sensory store,short-term memory,long-term memory,and long-term working memory.This step-by-step research reveals that,compared with other verbal information,numerical information perishes much more quickly at every memory stage.The features of numerical information hinder it from being processed as equally as other information.Chapter 4 introduces several training and practice strategies on interpreting of numerical information,which is derived from and based on the findings in Chapter 3.