多模态口译教学中的口述影像:研究现状与前景展望

Audio Description as a Multimodal Approach to Interpreter Training:the Research and Its Prospects

在口译教学中,教师以口译技能为主线,对口译各项子技能进行合理训练,开发并提升学生的口译能力。口述影像是对视觉信息的口头描述,通常被认为是视听翻译的一种类型。口译和口述影像均涉及多模态信息的接收、理解和表达,口述影像作为多模态口译教学训练的新方法,可以促进口译(子)能力的发展。本文采用文献法,基于口述影像与口译在多模态信息输入、信息加工和信息输出环节上的共性,考察多模态口译教学中的口述影像研究。现有研究显示,口述影像作为一种教学方法,对口译学习者的注意资源分配能力、信息记忆与整合能力以及目标语表达能力等具有积极效应。相关研究虽存在学理分析不深入、研究问题较笼统、论证方法欠丰富等问题,但口述影像在方法论上具备应用于多模态口译教学的实践意义,该领域的研究也有一定前景。

Interpreter trainers generally focus on interpreting skills development,and cultivate the sub-skills of interpreting with the aim of developing and enhancing interpreting competence.As a form of verbal rendition of visual information,audio description(AD)is generally considered a type of audiovisual translation.As both AD and interpreting involve reception,comprehension,and reformulation of multimodal messages,AD training may form a new multimodal approach to interpreter training,and finds its application in the teaching of interpreting to enhance trainees'interpreting(sub-)competence.Based on an extensive review of existing literature,this paper examines how AD has been adopted to boost interpreting-related competence on the grounds that AD and interpreting share similarities in the input,processing and output of multimodal information.Research shows that as an approach of teaching,AD may strengthen certain components of interpreting competence,including attention allocation,information memorization and integration,and target language delivery.Despite the limitations of existing research,such as over-generalized research questions,weak theoretical basis,and lack of proper research methods,it is methodologically practical for AD to be integrated as a multimodal approach to interpreter training.Research in this area holds certain prospects.