The Analysis Of The C-E Press Conference Interpreting From The Perspective Of The Interpretive Theory

With the development of politics and economy, China's international status has improved a lot and the exchanges of politics, economy, culture between China and the rest of the world have been increased tremendously. The Foreign Ministry holds press conferences during the National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) every March, which provides a new study field for interpreting studies. During the press conference, the addressers mainly state the government's stance and ideas, answering the journalists'questions. Obviously, it is authoritative. The subject of this paper is press conference interpreting (PCI) during the NPC and CPPCC period. Based on the press conferences delivered by Premier Wen Jiabao during the NPC and CPPCC sessions, the thesis explains and analyzes the interpreting strategies from the perspective of the interpretive theory, hoping provide some guidance for the interpreters in the press conference interpreting practice.There are differences between the interpretive theory and traditional translation theories:traditional translation theories hold that there are two processes: comprehension and expression; however, the interpretive theory argues that there are three processes:comprehension, deverbalization and expression. The interpretive theory pays attention to grasping the sense not to the language. Firstly, the thesis introduces the establishment and development of the interpretive theory as well as its main contents in detail. Then, it mainly introduces the features of the press conference as well as the affecting factors and the principles of the press conference interpreting. Afterwards, the thesis concludes some strategies adopted in the press conference in view of the interpretive theory by analyzing the press conference transcriptions delivered by Premier Wen Jiabao during the NPC and CPPCC sessions. In the end, the thesis summarizes the main contributions and the limitations of the interpretive theory, hoping to provide some guidance for the interpreting theory and practice.The following findings have been achieved through the study:in terms of the interpretive theory, the factors which affect the press conference interpreting include the identity, intention and cultural backgrounds of the addresser; the interpreter's management of the language and the cognitive knowledge; the identity, stance and cultural backgrounds of the audience. According to these factors, this thesis concludes the principles of the press conference interpreting and thus the strategies. To sum up, it is a meaningful attempt to study the press conference interpreting from the perspective of the interpretive theory.