The Manifestation Of Interpreter's Subjectivity In Interpreting Practice

Interpreting is a complex activity which includes the attention,memory,comprehension and production of the interpreter.Along with the globalization trend,the needs for the interpreters in all walks of life are increasing,including the court interpreting.Court interpreting is a term that refers to all kinds of legal interpreting;either it takes place in a courtroom or in other legal settings.The interrogation interpreting is a kind of court interpreting which happens in the police station,prisons or detention houses.It shares some features of court interpreting,but also has its own features,like the urgency and the noisy environment.There are many factors which can affect output in the process of interpreting,such as the speaker's accent,intonation,speed,mode of delivery and complexity of the source-text.Besides,the interpreter's subjectivity when used to deal with the problems brought by these factors is also a factor which can affect the interpreter's performance in this process.This paper describes one of the interpreter's interrogation interpreting practices,including preparations before the interpreting task,the difficulties encountered during this task and post-task assessment and reflection.Besides,the interpreter chooses some examples in her practice and discusses what strategies she has used while interpreting by adopting the theory of interpreter's subjectivity.These strategies include omission,addition,substitute and generalization,etc.Through this discussion,the interpreter hopes that all interpreters can be fully aware of the importance and insufficiency of subjectivity and then use coping strategies accordingly in the process of interpreting in order to better complete the interpreting.