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The Influences of Psycho-physiological Components on Consecutive Interpreting Strategies: An Empirical Study

Author: ZouYuPing
Tutor: WangXiangLing
School: Hunan University
Course: English Language and Literature
Keywords: Psychological and physiological factors Consecutive Interpretation Strategy The process of interpretation
CLC: H059
Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2009
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Abstract

8 subjects (including four professional interpreters, four English professional senior students) as the object of study, the perspective of the psychological and physiological factors from the alternately interpretation process, subjects are taken alternately interpreters strategy an empirical study. This article intends to answer the following three questions: (1) What is the psychological and physiological factors? Student translators and professional translators, psychological and physiological factors What are the differences? (2) psychological and physiological factors interpretation strategy to select what role? (3) 8 subjects were used which interpreters strategy? affected by the psychological and physiological factors, student translators and professional translators interpreters strategy in place? recording of the author of the translation and adoption to stimulate memories law (stimulated recall) questionnaires and interviews recorded subjects interpreters thought process. Through a qualitative analysis of the data on the questionnaire, interpretation notes, recording, and post-test interview reports, the following results: (1) psychological and physiological factors affect the process of interpretation interpreters on psychophysiological some common factors. The survey shows that there is a big difference student translators and vocational interpreters attention, logical ability, self-confidence, perseverance, rigor, Memory and consolidated capacity factors. Where the biggest difference for the attention and logic; followed by the self-confidence and perseverance; memory, rigorous and comprehensive capacity again. (2) psychological and physiological factors Interpreters' Interpreting Strategies to select from the direct, overall interaction effect. Psychological and physiological factors throughout the process of interpretation and impact of the the interpretation strategy selection, use, and the quality of translation. Different from a professional interpreter than seven psychophysiological factors in student interpreters, the three factors of self-confidence, perseverance and rigor role in the entire process of interpretation and the strategy choices affecting translator; attention and memory of memory and concept formation stage impact; logical and comprehensive capacity factor is more prominent expression and self-monitoring stage. (3) The the use of subjects interpreters strategy mainly reflected the alternate interpretation process in three stages. In memory and concept formation stage, attention and memory factors, the subjects mainly uses two strategies that rely on the brain's memory and with the aid of notes memory, a small number of subjects (including professional interpreters and student interpreters) \of \Professional translator has formed its own unique memory strategies to master a good note-taking skills, and be able to listen to the resolution stage to form a proposition or internal language. Student interpreters are mainly taking notes the way to the memory of the original content, and then according to the notes provided clues memories and the organization asked. When memories difficulties, student interpreters code according to the order of the notes taken word for word translation and direct translation strategy. Expression phase, logical and comprehensive capacity factors, the participants are mainly using the words of the literal translation of the word, transcoding, and \Professional translators pay more attention to the expression of the convergence of content and coherence, most of them to reduce the rate of speech, parenthesis or extend the pronunciation of certain words to win the thinking time. The student interpreters or totally dependent on the brain's memory or over-reliance on the notes, due to the difficulties of the memories of the content and language of expression, the students generally adopted a strategy to strive for thinking time, such as pause, repeat, reduce the rate of speech, to extend the pronunciation of a word, \thinking aloud \Professional and student interpreters are used mainly in the stage of self-monitoring, repeat, rephrase, alternative and error start several self-correction strategy. But the view from the strategic choices and the effectiveness of the use, the obvious advantages of professional translators. Student interpreters often mechanically using the above strategy, making translations in greatly reduced coherence and fluency. The research results show that the interpreter training should mainly focus on vocational skills training guide and train students translator psychological and physiological factors. Interpreters must not only have good language skills, you must also have a strong psychological and physiological qualities to resist the enormous psychological pressure in the process of interpretation. Therefore, in the creation of language courses to improve interpretation skills at the same time, help students find self-confidence and career orientation, positive work attitude, culture sharp thinking, understanding and the ability to respond, and the spirit of cooperation, is of great benefit.

The Influences of Psycho-physiological Components on Consecutive Interpreting Strategies: An Empirical Study

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