A Study On Long-term Interpreting Preparation Methods For MTI Students Based On The Experience Of Professional Interpreters

Preparation before an interpreting task plays a vital role in enhancing interpreting quality.Acknowledged by the academia,interpreting preparation can be divided into long-term preparation and short-term preparation.Scholars and interpreters have discussed a lot on short-term preparation,yet there is not even a clear and recognized definition of long-term preparation in academia.Before we discuss preparation methods,this paper tries to redefine the process of long-term preparation and design a long-term preparation model on the basis of several interpreting training models.Based on this new model,the paper conducts a questionnaire survey on MTI students at China Foreign Affairs University to find out the situation of their long-term preparation at school,including their attitudes,advantages,and deficiencies in long-term preparation,and interviews five professional interpreters to learn about their attitudes and practical experience,offering suggestions to MTI students.After analyzing the results of the questionnaire survey and interview,the paper puts forward a more complete and reasonable interpreting preparation method,hoping it will offer practical guidance to interpreting study.