A Study Of Press Conference Interpretations From The Perspective Of Communicative Contextual Adaptability

China has experienced rapid economic development, so its role in the international community is growing. The press conference with Premier Li Keqiang, held by the Chinese Foreign Ministry in 2013, provides global media sources with a platform to know Chinese government’s new policies and communicate with the Chinese premier directly.Departing from the interdisciplinary viewpoint, this thesis applies the communicative contextual adaptability to the press conference interpretations from Premier Li Keqiang in 2013. As an embranchment of the Adaptation Theory, the communicative contextual adaptability contains three branches, namely the mental, social, and physical worlds adaptation. By analyzing the interpretations in these three branches, the thesis abundantly demonstrates the feasibility of the communicative contextual adaptability to press conference interpretations. Pursuant to the discussions, the researcher draws conclusions. In the mental world interpretations, cognitive and emotive elements have significant influences on making linguistic choices. While doing the social world interpretations, interpreters are supposed to conform to the communicative regulations under the fixed social setting. Culture, belief, custom, and value could not be ignored. In the physical world interpretations, it could be seen that people keep differentiated way to convey temporal and spatial references, so the interpretations are expected to adapt to the interlocutors’ physical worlds.The thesis consists of five chapters. Chapter one is the introduction. It introduces the background of the press conference, research purpose and significance, questions, methodology, and structure of the thesis. Chapter two classifies the previous studies on Premier Li’s press conference interpretations in 2013. It summarizes the studies made by other scholars from different translation theories. Chapter three is the theoretical framework. It introduces the Adaptation Theory firstly, and then discusses the communicative contextual adaptability. The relationship between the Adaptation Theory and interpretations is discussed in chapter three as well. Chapter four is the key point. It elaborates on the feasibility of the mental, social, and physical worlds in the press conference interpretations. Chapter five draws conclusions. It points out the limitations, and provides some suggestions to the potential studies.