2018 Hangzhou International Jewelry Fair Exhibition Interpretation Practice Report

This thesis,as a practice report,is based on the author's practice as an interpreter during the 21 st Hangzhou International Jewelry Exhibition in 2018.It analyzes the problems the author encountered when interpreted for Mr.Laja,an exhibitor from Sri Lanka,and also his customers.The report discusses how to choose the effective interpreting strategies under certain circumstances according to the characteristics of exhibition interpretation and business communications,and the principle of "be loyal to the source language and speakers".The report consists of four parts: the background and the process of the task,problems met and coping strategies applied,finally,the evaluation and summary of the practice.The focus is on the coping strategies for the contexts or problems of Chinese idioms,group of short sentences,complicated semantic logic and improper language expressions.To deal with Chinese idioms,paraphrase is mainly chosen;for group of short sentences,amplification or omission is applied;for complicated semantic logic,the original sentences are either integrated or separated;and for improper speech,the strategy is to adapt the interpretation according to the speaker,listener,context and aim of interpreting in order to achieve harmonious and positive communications.