A Study Of Figure Interpreting In Consecutive Interpretation

Interpreting is a kind of cross discipline which combines theories and achievements of all disciplines. There have been significant developments in both consecutive interpretation and simultaneous interpretation. Therefore, studies on interpreting are now increasing. During the process of consecutive interpretation, figure interpreting becomes the bottleneck which affects the quality of interpreting, and it will therefore influence on-site communication. However, figure interpreting, as an important area of study, has not received enough attention till now.Starting from the definition of figure information, this thesis will analyze the relationship between interpreting process and figure interpreting. Then I will introduce difficulties in figure interpreting, which are as follows:large quantities of information, serious consequences of false interpreting and the differences of unit and scale. In this thesis I will also analyze the reasons for the difficulty and introduce some basic approaches concerning figure interpreting, such as formula method and practical strategies (generalization and abstraction). Chapter four deals with some specific expressions about "increase" and "decrease". These basic approaches will play an important role in interpreting practice. At last, I will analyze the figure interpreting errors I’ve made in interpreting practice and thus to offer some help to other interpreters and make my own contributions to interpreting through systematical summary of the basic ways of figure interpreting.