A Reflective Report On The Simulated Consecutive Interpreting Of A Public Lecture Of Artificial Intelligence By Demis Hassabis

The task material addressed in this reflective report is the recorded lecture given by Dr Demis Hassabis concerning the application of artificial intelligence technology at Royal Television Society and Institution of Engineering and Technology in November 2015.This report is based on the author's own performance of simulated English-Chinese(E-C)consecutive interpreting,which was aimed at exploring what methods are feasible for dealing with the problems that have emerged in the interpreting process in the context of science and technology.This reflective report begins by introducing the preparation process.The problems that emerged in the interpreting process are then analyzed based on the recorded transcripts.Three categories of problems are identified: information loss,misinterpretation,and redundancy.Finally,based on the unique features of the source text and a comprehensive analysis of their causes,feasible methods of solving these problems are put forward with the aim of improving the quality of interpreting by,for example,developing interpreters' listening skills,reducing the cognitive load,building extra-linguistic knowledge,developing note-taking skills and the use of reconstruction and omission.It is hoped that this report will provide interpreters with a further resource for dealing with scientific and technical interpreting tasks.