An Analysis Of Interpreting Strategies For Chinese Idioms Under The Guidance Of The Interpretive Theory

In recent years,with the rapid development of China in the field of politics,economy and culture,the exchanges between China and International community have been closer and closer.Interpreting,as an important way of cross-cultural communication.plays an important role in the increasingly frequent international conferences.Idiom is the carrier of culture,as well as the essence of language.Idioms adopted in conference interpreting can help promote Chinese culture to the outside world.However,idioms are full of strong ethical color and distinctive cultural connotation,which is the most difficult part in interpreting.This thesis chooses the three years'conference meetings from 2014-2016 hosted by Foreign Minister Wang Yi as the interpreting samples,and analyzes the major interpreting strategies adopted by the interpreter during his interpretation under the guidance of the Interpretive Theory.This thesis is divided into five chapters:general introduction,difficulties of idiom interpretation,introduction to the Interpretive Theory,strategies adopted in interpretation and conclusion.Chapter One gives a brief introduction to press conference and interpretation.Chapter Two illustrates the definition and features of the idioms,and points out difficulties of interpreting Chinese idioms in Press Conference.Chapter Three mainly describes the development and essence of the Interpretive Theory.Chapter Four discusses and analyzes the sentences contained idioms from the perspective of the Interpretive Theory,concluding the following strategies,information supplement,explanatory interpreting,sentence structure transformation,information simplification,word formation and image reservation.Chapter Five serves as the conclusion,including major findings,implications and limitations.