Realization Of Schema Theory In Three Key Steps In Interpreting Process

In this thesis,the author takes schema theory as the theoretical frame to analyze the process of interpretation, and explores functions of schemata in interpretation. Schema theory which derived from psychology has been used in Artificial Intelligence, discourse analysis, and interpreting. Its basic claim is that a new experience is understood by comparison with a stereotypical version of a similar experience held in memory. Schema makes a reference to interpret the new information, predict the following text, and to decode how knowledge is presented. So schemata have an important influence on interpretation. They play a key role in comprehension, memorization, recalling,and forecasting in the whole interpreting activity. The author gives the priority to analyze its influence on comprehension, memorization, recalling,and anticipation.This thesis consists of five chapters besides a conclusion. The first two chapters introduce basic background information, development, and basic classification about interpreting and the schema theory separately. The author will apply the theories to the following research.Chapter three is the main chapter in this thesis. Since in it schema theory has been applied to interpreting and its role in the process.Chapter four requirements for qualified interpreters and several self-training skills are listed as a reference to those would- be interpreters.Chapter five, the author reaches the conclusion that schema theory sheds new lights on interpreting. So, the interpreter's schema about interpreting needs more efforts on it. From the perspective of practice,this thesis may be regarded as a guide training of qualified interpreters and improvement of interpreting performance.