关联理论下的商务英语口译译前准备文档格式.docx

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专业班级：

11英语1班

学院：

外国语学院

指导教师：

2015年05月30日

PreparationsforBusinessInterpretingBasedonRelevanceTheory

By

Agraduatethesis

submittedinpartialfulfillmentoftherequirements

forthedegreeofBachelorofArtstothe

CollegeofForeignLanguages

NorthChinaUniversityofScienceandTechnology

May30th,2015

摘要

在经济全球化的背景下，越来越多的中国企业走出国门、开展国际合作，商务英语在经贸活动中的作用不容忽视。

企业间流畅而有效的沟通能够更好地促进各方理解，为进一步的合作打下基石。

其中，译前准备对口译的成功起着至关重要的作用，是影响口译质量的一个关键的因素。

本课题提出以斯波伯（Sperber）和威尔逊（Wilson）的关联理论作为商务英语口译译前准备的理论基础，强调商务口译自身的特点，认为通过系统的译前准备可以更好地传达讲话者的意图并实现听话者的期望，从而实现成功的商务交际。

文章结构如下：

第一章是引言；

第二章对商务口译、关联理论和口译译前准备做了文献综述；

第三章详述了关联理论视角下商务英语口译前准备的涵义和分类；

第四章从译出语的信息忠实度与流利程度阐释了关联理论在商务口译中的应用；

最后一章就商务英语口译译前准备工作给出自己的建议。

关键词商务英语口译；

关联理论；

忠实度；

流利度；

译前准备

ABSTRACT

BusinessinterpretingplaysanincreasinglyimportantroleinChinawiththerapidexpansionofitseconomiccooperationwithothercountriesandregionswiththebackdropofeconomicglobalization.Asatoolforpromotingmutualunderstandingandcommunicationbetweendifferentbusinesspartiesanddevelopinginternationalcooperation,interpretingforbusinessEnglishisgainingwiderpopularity.Preparations,anindispensablepartinthepracticeofinterpreting,willdeterminewhethertheinterpretingpracticeissuccessfulornottoagreatextent.

ThisthesisadoptsRelevanceTheoryproposedbySperberandWilsonasthetheoreticalbasisoftheinterpretationofbusinessEnglish,whichemphasizesbusinessinterpretinghasitsowncharacteristics,andpre-taskpreparationsshouldbedonesystematicallytobetterconveyspeaker’sintentionandrealizetheaudience’sexpectationtoachievesuccessfulbusinesscommunication.

ChapterOneisabriefintroduction.Thenliteraturereviewaboutbusinessinterpreting,RelevanceTheoryandpreparationsforinterpretinghasbeendoneinChapterTwo,onthebasisofwhich,thedefinitionandcategoriesofpre-taskpreparationsforbusinessinterpretingfromtheperspectiveofRelevanceTheoryarediscussedindetailsinChapterThree.ChapterFourattemptstoanalyzethefeaturesofbusinessEnglishandcriteriaofinterpretationforbusinessEnglishbasedonaccuracyandfluencyoftherenderings.ThelastChaptergivessomeimplicationsforbusinessEnglishinterpretingbeforeinterpreting.

KeywordsBusinessEnglishInterpreting;

AccuracyandFluency;

RelevanceTheory

CONTENTS

摘要I

ABSTRACTII

Chapter1Introduction1

Chapter2LiteratureReview2

2.1PreviousStudiesonBusinessEnglishInterpreting2

2.2PreviousStudiesonRelevanceTheory2

2.3PreviousStudiesonPreparationsforBusinessEnglishInterpreting4

Chapter3ThreePre-taskpreparationsbasedonRT6

3.1TheConceptofPreparationsforInterpreting6

3.2TheFeaturesofBusinessEnglishInterpreting6

3.3TheContentsofPreparationsforBusinessEnglishInterpreting8

3.3.1FiguresPreparations8

3.3.2TerminologyPreparations10

Chapter4ACCURACYANDFLUENCYOFINTERPRETINGBASEDONRELEVANCETHEORY12

4.1ApplicationofRelevanceTheoryinBusinessEnglish12

4.2ImprovementofAccuracyinBusinessEnglishInterpretationBasedonRelevanceTheory14

4.2.1ContextinBusinessEnglishInterpretation15

4.2.2AcronymsinBusinessEnglishInterpretation15

4.2.3TermsinBusinessEnglishInterpretation16

4.2.4CulturalConnotationsinBusinessEnglishInterpretation17

4.3ImprovementofFluencyinBusinessEnglishInterpretationBasedonRelevanceTheory18

Chapter5Conclusion21

BIBLIOGRAPHY22

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS23

Chapter1Introduction

AsChina’seconomyexperiencestherapiddevelopment,thestatusofbusinesscommunicationsandnegotiationsisincreasinglysignificantduringChina’seconomiccooperationwithforeigncompanies.Undersuchacircumstance,interpreterswhohaveoutstandinglanguageskillsandproficientinterpretationskillsarebecomingthenecessarypowerandkeyelementforbusinesscommunications.However,researchesonbusinessinterpretationsareperformingslowly,anditputsanegativeinfluenceuponChina’sfurtherdevelopment.Businessinterpretationisspecialandunique，butrelevantspecializedresearchespossessafrustratingamount.

Asweallknow,Businessinterpretingisanessentiallycomplexmulti-taskactivity.Fullpreparationplaysanimportantroleininterpreter’sperformanceasitenablestheinterpretertoquicklyfindoptimalrelevancebyaccurateandimmediateresponsetothereceivesinformation,sothatinterpretercouldreproducetheutteranceintargetlanguagecateringforthehearers’culturalandknowledgebackgroundbyproperdictionandinformationreorganization.

Pre-taskpreparationsmeanalottointerpreters,particularlyinterpretersinthebusinessfieldwhichcoversawiderangeofknowledge.Preparationsdonebyinterpretersbeforevarioustasksarebasedmoreontheirexperiencesthanscientifictheoreticalstudiesonpre-interpretingpreparations.Theoreticalpreparationsleadtosteadyinterpretingperformancewhichisanindicatorofaskilledinterpreter.

TheaimofthisthesisistostudytheimportanceofpreparationforbusinessinterpretinginlightofRelevanceTheoryproposedbySperberandWilson.Relevancetheorycanexertinfluencesonaccuracyandproductionfluencyintermsofproperspeakingspeed,fewbreakdownsandrepairsininterpretingforbusinessEnglishwithcertainprofessionalcontextandsensibleostensive-inferentialcommunication.

Chapter2LiteratureReview

2.1PreviousStudiesonBusinessEnglishInterpreting

Whenitcomestobusinessinterpreting,itishardtofindanyreferenceinChina.TheauthoronlyfoundsixpapersinChineseonbusinesstranslation,mostofwhicharedealingwiththecharacteristicsofbusinesstextandthestatusquooflackingprofessionalbusinesstranslatorsorinterpretersasacontrasttohugedemandfortalentsinthisfieldasbusinesscooperationhasbeenexpandingquicklyinChinainrecentyears.

NoparticularstudyonbusinessinterpretinghasbeenfoundexceptforsometextbookslikeANewBusinessInterpretingCourse（ZhaoJunfeng,2000）,whichismostaboutin-houseinterpreting.Thereforealackofstudyonbusinessinterpretingisoneproblemfacingthebusinesspartieswhotriedtoreachtheirdealsthroughthebridgeofinterpreting.

ThepaperwiththetitleoftheCharacteristicsandStatusQuoofBusinessTranslation（WangEnmian,2012）publishedontheauthoritativejournalChineseScience&

TechnologyTranslatorsJournalrevealedthetwomajorcharacteristicsofbusinesstranslationorinterpreting:

oneisthatbusinesscoversabroadrangeoftopicssuchastrade,finance,businessnegotiation,insurance,accountingetc,thusrequiringbusinesstranslatorsorinterpreterstohaveagreatpoolofbusinessknowledge;

theotheristhatbusinesstranslationorinterpretingattachesmoreimportancetotimelimitsduetothefrequentandfastchangeinthebusinessworld.Someexperiencedinterpreterstoldtheauthorthatbusinesscultureisanotherimportantelementinfluencingtheresultofbusinessinterpreting.Morestudiesneedtobemadeonbusinessinterpretingtomeettheincreasingdemandforqualitybusinessinterpreting.

2.2PreviousStudiesonRelevanceTheory

Inrecentyears,relevancetheoryhasattractedmoreandmoreattentionsfrominterpretingresearchersandpractitioners.Thereareabout18materthesesonapplicationofrelevancetheorytointerpretationcomingout,includingstudiesonthehearer’sinterpretationofconversationalimplicature,short-termpreparationsforcourtinterpretingofcriminalcasesandinterpretationatpressconferenceetc.Thesestudiesyieldedmanyenlighteningresults.

AlthoughrelevancetheoryproposedbySperberandWilsonwasprimarilyintendedtoaccountfortranslation,itcanalsobeappliedtointerpretationsinceinterpretationitselfisabasicformoftranslation.

Inrecentyears,severalstudieshavebeendoneonanalysisofinterpretingprocessfromtheperspectiveofrelevancetheory.Holdingthatrelevancetheorycanbringanewperspectivetointerpretationresearch,somescholarshavecommittedtothisareacontinuously.Theypointedoutthataccordingtothistheory,insteadofjustencoding-decodingprocess,interpretationcanberegardedasostensive-inferentialcommunicationwhichrequirestheinterpretertoactasbothinformationreceiverandinformationtransmitter.Inthisprocess,theinterpretershouldchoosethepropercontextandrelatethespeaker’sostensivestimuliwithhiscognitiveenvironmentstoinferthespeaker’sintention,andthentakeintoconsiderationthetargetaudiences’cognitiveenvironmentandintroducethisintentioneffectively.

Furtherstudiesoftheapplicationofrelevancetheoryininterpretationfocusingonculturalfactorshaveyieldedsomefruits.Interpretationstrategiesofdomesticationandforeignizationofostensionbasedontheprincipleofoptimalrelevancetohelpinterpretersbettergraspthenatureofinterpretationandmakethebestchoiceofwords.Theseresearchersholdthattheculturaldifferencesbetweendifferentnationsmaycausegreatmisunderstandingsandhinderlanguagecommunicationamongpeopleofdifferentnations.Whensuchculturalfactorsbecomethecommunicationbarrierbetweentheoriginalspeakerandthetargetaudience,theinterpreterasthebridgebetweentwolanguagesaswellastwoculturesshoulddohisorherutmosttorealizeoptimalrelevancebyachievingthelargestcontextualeffectswiththeleastprocessingeffortaspossiblewhileatthesametimepayingattentiontothechangingcontextaswellasidentifyingexplicaturesandimplicaturessoastonarrowthecultur