A Report On Track Construction Interpreting Project Of UCI World Championships Under The Guidance Of Effort Model Theory

With rapid growth in international sports events,the demand for interpreters in the competitions is on the rise.Interpreters are involved in the entire process of these events including the construction process of the competition sites,the opening ceremony,the race briefing and so on.Interpreting task for construction project has its own characteristics and obstacles.The interpreters' understanding of the source language and the output of the target language will directly affect the project's safety as well as the construction schedule.Hence,the difficulties of such interpreting activities and the methods to improve interpreting efficiency are worthy of further discussion and research.This report is based on the interpreter's interpreting task in the cycling track construction project of Union Cycling International World Championships.The interpreter worked for Wanda Group,the contractor,in the project from November 8,2017 to November 14,2017.It is an English interpreting task at construction site which requires the interpreter to accomplish consecutive interpreting for the clients including the engineers,managers and workers from Britain and China.Dialogue about the process and the problems of construction,as well as the clients' daily conversations are involved in the task.Based on the author's interpreting practice in the project,the thesis provides a comprehensive analysis of the difficulties during the interpreting performance such as maldistribution between listening and analysis,short-term memory obstacle,ineffective production and coordination management.Furthermore,the author summarizes interpreting tactics guided by Gile's Effort Model,including segment reconstruction,anticipation,omission,addition,quicker response and control of mental pressure to provide suggestions for further improvements in engineering interpreting.