A Whisper Interpreting Report On A Lecture "making Social Policy From The Bottom Up:England 1688-1830" Under The Guidance Of Skopos Theory

Whisper interpreting is a kind of simultaneous interpretation,which is widely used in conference interpreting because of its flexible operation.On October 16,2018,Professor Joanna Innes from Oxford University delivered a lecture at the Law School of Henan University.The theme of the lecture was “Making Social Policy from the bottom up: England 1688--1830”.In this lecture,the author conducted a whisper interpreting for two law school graduate students.Under the guidance of the Skopos Theory,this report tries to analyze the practice.This report consists of four parts: task description,process description,case analysis and conclusion.Chapter 1 mainly explains the source of this interpreting practice.Chapter 2 mainly expounds the process of this interpreting task.In this interpreting practice,the author adopts a variety of translation strategies based on syntactic linearity.Although some mistakes such as mistranslation and omissions have appeared,the translation task was basically completed,and the purpose of communication was achieved.Chapter 3 is the main part of the report.In this part,the author conducts a number of case analysis based on the recordings of the interpreting practice.Chapter 4 is a reflection of the author on the interpreting practice.It summarizes the successes and failures of the practice,and hopes to provide some helpful references for whisper interpreting.