Turn-managing Strategies In Liaison Interpreting

Turn-taking is a basic speech-exchange system,which occurs in all types of conversational communication.When two different languages are used and an interpreter is involved in a conversation,turn-taking occurs among at least three parties--two interlocutors and one interpreter.The interpreter,therefore,plays a certain role in managing turns.This report is based on a liaison interpreting practice conducted by the author--China-Australia IoT Fair.The author selects the perspective of turn and turn-taking and reviews the previous researches.She analyzes the transcript of the interpreted task and tries to summarize the turn-managing strategies in liaison interpreting and how she can improve her performance to ensure smooth communication between the two parties from the perspective of turn-taking.Such strategies include taking turns,creating turns,interrupting turns,postponing turns and conveying turns with extra explanation.Hopefully,this report can help student interpreters including the author herself improve their performance in liaison interpreting.