汉英交替传译中非流利停顿的实证研究

A Study of Unnatural Pauses in Chinese-to-English Consecutive Interpreting

以两名MTI口译方向二年级研究生和一名非英语专业大二学生为受试对象,研究汉英交替传译中非流利型停顿现象。结合句法位置和停顿时长,停顿可分为流利型停顿和非流利型停顿。研究结果表明:三位受试者的非流利型停顿占多数,随着口译水平的提高,非流利型停顿比重会下降。通过转写文本对比分析:非流利停顿的主要原因为提取表达、重复和修正。基于以上研究,提出大学英语教学中应加强英汉双语能力培养和口译的技能训练。

This paper analyzes disfluent pauses in Chinese - to - English consecutive interpreting generated by two graduate students of interpreting studies and one college student of pharmacy. By combing syntactic positinn and duration of pauses, the pauses can be derided into fluent pauses and disfluent pauses. The results reveal that disfluent pauses are most frequent. It is also found that the improvement of interpretation proficiency leads to fewer disfrequent pauses. The comparison between the source text and the transcribed target text reveals reasons for the occurrence of pauses, i. e., the difficulty in raising expression, repetition and repair. Based on the above findings, the study also puts forward some suggestions.