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Analyzing Chinese Habitual Expressions In NPC And CPPCC Press Conferences Based On The Skopos Theory

Posted on:2016-04-02Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:R WuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2285330461983107Subject:Translation
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Government press conferences is an important platform which can give the whole world an opportunity to know more about China. And the NPC and CPPCC Press Conferences held each year which covers a wide range of topics is one of the most important conferences in China. During the NPC and CPPCC conferences, the Chinese habitual expressions are always be used by government leaders. Based on the Skopos theory as theoretical guidance, the thesis analyzes 2013 and 2014 Premier Li Keqiang’s press conferences given during the "two sessions".The thesis lists several strategies of Chinese habitual expressions’ interpretation: literal translation, free translation, addition and omission etc. For the expressions contain no significant differences between English and Chinese, literal translation can be adopted in order to save time, interpreters can give interpretation directly that can deliver the purpose of the speaker to audiences. For some Chinese four-character-words, interpreters can adopt omission strategy during interpretation, for example, some four-character-words are consisted by two separate words that have the same meaning, and these words can simply be interpreted in one word. For the words made up by the stem and modifier while its corresponding English word embodies the modifier, during the interpretation, these modifiers could be omitted. As for oral expressions spoken involuntarily and have no effect on the whole sentence, interpreters can simply leave these words out. For an expression audiences do not understand, interpreters need to give a further explanation, or adopt free translation strategy to deliver its inside information. This thesis also lists some mistakes made by interpreters during press conferences, from which the thesis believes can learn important lessons. The thesis chooses some representative examples which adopt the interpretation strategies, they also prove that the Skopos theory is a useful and necessary theory for interpreting Chinese habitual expressions.
Keywords/Search Tags:Chinese habitual expressions, NPC and CPPCC press conference, consecutive interpreting, the Skopos theory
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