An Exploration Of The Influencing Factors And Strategies For Conference Interpreting From The Perspective Of The Interpretive Theory

The Interpretive Theory of Translation, as the first systematic interpretive theory in the international interpreting community, is the cornerstone for interpreting practice and pedagogy. Due to the scientific analysis and pragmatic mechanism, the Interpretive Theory of Translation has already become one of the most frequently quoted theories in the field of interpreting and translation. It also becomes a guideline of teaching and training interpreters and translators in many universities and institutions outside ESIT throughout the world. As a pioneer in the study of the dynamic process of conference interpreting, it has exerted significant impact upon the formation of international interpreting community and the development of interpreting training research.From the perspective of the Interpretive Theory, this thesis is to introduce the interpretation process, several key concepts of the Interpretive Theory, the guiding principles of the conference interpreting, the triangular model of interpretation and the hypothesis of the interpreting process successively. Under the guidance of the Interpretive Theory, combined with the characteristics of conference interpreting, this thesis puts concentrations on conference interpreting, including its guiding principles and evaluation criteria, influencing factors, interpretation characteristics and so on. Subsequently, considering of the characteristics of the conference interpreting and possible influencing factors and uncertainties during the process of the conference interpretation, this thesis presents a series of strategies for the interpreters to handle the urgent situations. There are several frequently used emergency strategies listed, each with examples taken from the conference interpretation of the Report on the Work of the Government given by Premier Wen Jiabao and some other governmental leaders at the National People’s Congress in recent years.The thesis consists of five chapters. Chapter One gives a general introduction of this thesis. Chapter Two is the literature review section, mainly introducing the historical development and theoretical contributions of the Interpretive Theory, as well as the historical development, types and characteristics of the conference interpreting. Chapter Three introduces the theoretical framework of the thesis, giving a detailed demonstration of the basic concepts, interpreting procedures hypothesis, triangle model of the Interpretive Theory as well as the evaluation criteria of conference interpretation supported by "the Paris School" and the way of realization of these criteria. The focus of the chapter is laid on the description of its triangle model and interpreting procedures, i.e. the three phases of comprehension, de-verbalization and reformulation. Chapter Four introduces the application of the Interpretive Theory to conference interpretation, giving a detailed demonstration of the influencing factors and several emergency strategies frequently used in conference interpretation with examples taken from real-time conference interpreting. Chapter Five summarizes the thesis by reviewing the study and findings of conference interpretation under the guidance of the Interpretive Approach, and discusses the contributions and limitations of the study as well as implications for future research.This thesis aims to be a systematic study of the Interpretive Theory. Through a relatively comprehensive review of the Interpretive Approach, the thesis is designed to conduct a overall research of the challenges in conference interpretation and coping strategies adopted in conference interpretation, aiming to reflect the practical significance of the Interpretive Theory in conference interpretation. Meanwhile, the thesis also explores the possible contributions and limitations of the Interpretive Theory in order to obtain the research results to guide practice.