Experiment Report On Slow Speech Rate Induced Disfluency In Chinese-English Consecutive Interpreting

Fluency is an important criterion for a consecutive interpreter's performance,and disfluency may affect the quality of interpreting.The current report tries to study the relationship between slow speech rate of source text(ST)and the interpreter's disfluency in consecutive interpreting.The focus of the report is on three aspects,namely manifestation of disfluencies induced by slow speech rate in consecutive interpreting,the reason why slow speech rate would have an effect on interpreter's disfluency,and the coping strategies offered to the interpreter to help mitigate the disfluencies when facing slow speech rate.Based on an experiment,the current study adopts Benedetta Tissi's framework for disfluencies of interpreting to approach the issue in a quantitative manner.The design of the experiment,comprised of pilot test and formal experiment,sets two different speech rates in ST to highlight the impact of speech rate on interpreter's performance,especially the disfluencies in consecutive interpreting.And based on Daniel Gile's Effort Model,the study attempts to explain the mechanism of disfluencies from a qualitative perspective,and puts forward suggestions to help interpreters enhance their competence in slow-speech-rate context.