A Report On The Simulated Interpretation Of Jack Ma's Speech At The Economic Situation Analysis Conference Of Zhejiang Entrepreneurs (2016)

As the Internet went into our life,online shopping has become a fad.Alibaba Group founded by Jack Ma has provided the biggest trading platform for online shopping in China.Jack Ma possesses typical business ideas and marketing notions,and his ideas are beneficial to the E-commerce in China,even in the world.This report chooses Jack Ma's speech on the economic situation analysis conference of Zhejiang entrepreneurs to simulate in the form of Chinese-English consecutive interpretation.The author takes a part of the speech as an example,and analyzes the problem during the process and concludes an effective solution.On the conference,Jack Ma looked back on the economic situation in 2015 and predicted the economic situation in the coming year.Under the bad economic situation,he encouraged Zhejiang entrepreneurs to stay calm and positively face it.The first chapter involves background of the speech,a brief introduction to the task and the definition of the interpretative theory.The second part is the pre-interpreting preparation and interpreting process.The preparation includes having a good knowledge of the speaker's talking style and preparing for vocabulary,predictable difficulties and solving strategies.The third part is a case analysis including some concrete examples related to interpretative translation theory.The fourth part is a conclusion,presenting the merits and demerits of this simulated interpretation and some suggestions.By simulating the task of interpretation,the author draws conclusions: First of all,The interpreter should be well prepared for the interpretation task,especially the speaker and the theme of conference,so that the author can keep calm with an air of easy assurance.Secondly,when the speaker speaks too fast,the interpreter can cast away some secondary message decisively.Finally,a superior interpreter should have a solid foundation of language.An excellent interpreter requires great psychological quality and flexibility in translation.The key point is to convey information briefly and comfortably.To become an eligible interpreter,there is a long way to go.