On Interpretation Choices And Omissions From The Perspective Of Adaptation Theory

Enjoying a commanding position in the traditional interpretation study, static study has aroused interests of linguists. The dynamic process of interpretation has been neglected over the ages. Being an indispensible factor in language conversion, the logical thinking activities have rarely been mentioned. As a matter of fact, the essence of interpretation process and the rules of interpretation can be uncovered with the help of dynamic interpretation study.Adaptation Theory proposed by Verschueren emphasizes that individuals have to make conscious or unconscious linguistic selections constantly since language use belongs to the language-internal and language-external integrated progress and the choices must be serving for the purpose of communication. Being a verbal communication, without any doubt, interpretation is also a much more complex cross-cultural communication focusing on behavior across languages, cultures and nations. It is unavoidable to involve variable factors. Consequently, it is plausible to draw this conclusion that interpretation is also a process of making choices continuously in the interest of adaptation.Under the guidance of Adaptation Theory, adaptation to interpersonal communication context requires an interpreter to fit into the target hearer's physical world covering temporal and spatial dimensions. Meanwhile, the hearer's mental world elements including interests and faith, and the corresponding social and cultural world factors need to be taken into consideration. Nevertheless, for the sake of desired effect and meeting the communication needs on both sides, interpreters should make corresponding adjustments within the range of presupposition information, vocabulary selections and language structures.Though interpretation skills and tactics are numerous, the process of interpreter's language selections is subject to individual consciousness which enables interpreters to adapt between language structures and contexts. An in-depth study of the basic rules is carried out from three perspectives:the hearer's physical world, mental world and the social world to reveal the close connection between contexts and language in the framework of cognitive perspective. It is necessary for language users to make constant and proper selections in the communication process since language itself has three characteristics:variability, negotiability and adaptability. And thereby in place of making mechanical choices or based on stringent principles, interpreters ought to get rid of constraints of inflexible rules and tactics so as to adapt to different contexts and hearers.Where there is a choice, there is a deletion. With the introduction of Economy Principle of Language, the author sorts out the omission phenomena and makes a detailed analysis for the purpose of proving the fact that Adaptation Theory has an explanatory and guiding effect over the interpreting micro levels. Meanwhile, the author points out that a successful interpretation depends on the appropriate adaptation between language structures and contexts.