A Report On A Simulated Interpretation Of Obama’s2009Inauguration Speech

Nowadays, along with the ever deepening globalization, the mutual relationship between China and the United States is becoming increasingly close. As the biggest economic entity in the world, America’s politics, economy and culture have attracted much attention from the world. The inauguration speech of the U.S. President is not only a significant part of American politics but also a miniature of the politics, economy, culture and society in America. Therefore, an interpreting study on the inauguration speech of the U.S president will be keeping with the trend, beneficial to cross culture communication and also give some instructions to our interpretation practice.This paper presented here is in the form of an interpretation report. The author chooses President Obama’s2009Inauguration Speech for this stimulated interpretation. The report records a relatively systematic process of a comprehensive interpretation, including preparation before the task, difficulties in the process and the reflection after the task. The report does an analysis based on the author’s professional knowledge and some relevant interpretation theories and methods learned in the university. At the same time, the report also explains the problems in the process, and put forward some practical strategies for interpretation.This report consists of three chapters. The beginning is a brief introduction to this project, which includes the material used, the background and the methodology of the research. The first chapter talks about the preparation works before the task. The preparation work includes language preparation, psychology preparation, theory preparation and background knowledge preparation. In theory preparation, the author chooses Gile’s theory to instruct the paper. The second chapter is a precise description of the interpreting process. It introduces the time, the place and the whole process of this simulated interpreting, focusing on four difficulties arising in the process. Chapter Three is case study for note-taking and interpreting techniques. The author analyses how to use some techniques to solve the difficulties met in the interpreting process and shows the importance of note-taking techniques and interpreting techniques. Conclusion is the author’s reflection on this practice.