试论语境在口译中的预测功能

On predictive function of context in interpretation

语境包括两大类:语言性语境和非语言性语境。语境所涉及的因素既是已知的,又是在交际过程中不断发展的。语境因素不仅涉及语言知识,同时还涉及非语言知识,其相互作用有助于口译者预测讲话意义和信息。语境在口译中的预测功能主要体现在译员对语义所作的语言性预测和对讲话人要表达的思想和信息所作的非语言性预测。

Context, which is categorized into linguistic context and nonlinguistic context, involves both given and dynamic elements. The interaction of the linguistic and nonlinguistic knowledge of a context helps the interpreter in his/her prediction of both meaning and information on the lexical and discourse level. The nature of the predictive function of context, thus, is both linguistic and nonlinguistic.