The internalization of motivation in second/foreign language(L2)learning and the use of mock conferences(MCs)to prepare translating and interpreting learners for future professional careers have been widely researched...The internalization of motivation in second/foreign language(L2)learning and the use of mock conferences(MCs)to prepare translating and interpreting learners for future professional careers have been widely researched by scholars,but whether MC can facilitate the internalization of T&I learners’motivation is under-researched.Based on self-determination theory(SDT),this thesis investigates the effectiveness of MC in facilitating internalization of motivation through an empirical study which involves a 2-week long pedagogical experiment on two parallel classes of T&I learners taught by the same teacher in their 1st year of graduate study at Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation,Beijing Foreign Studies University.The research shows that compared with traditional teachercentered teaching model,MCs can better facilitate internalization of T&I learners’motivation.This article justifies the use of MCs as a situated approach in interpreting teaching and describes the design of MCs according to the psychological needs of SDT.In addition,the paper offers suggestions for further improvement of MCs design at the postgraduate level.展开更多
Dissemination of Chinese culinary culture is important for Chinese culture to go global.Shannxi,a western province of China,features abundant cuisine which is representative of Shannxi local's lifestyle.However,th...Dissemination of Chinese culinary culture is important for Chinese culture to go global.Shannxi,a western province of China,features abundant cuisine which is representative of Shannxi local's lifestyle.However,there are many spelling mistakes and other translation mistakes in some time-honoured Chinese restaurants5 English menu.Appropriate translation strategies,including domestication,fbreignization and Pinyin,a phonetic transcription system for Chinese characters,should be adopted to explore practical and feasible translation of the culinary culture.展开更多
文摘The internalization of motivation in second/foreign language(L2)learning and the use of mock conferences(MCs)to prepare translating and interpreting learners for future professional careers have been widely researched by scholars,but whether MC can facilitate the internalization of T&I learners’motivation is under-researched.Based on self-determination theory(SDT),this thesis investigates the effectiveness of MC in facilitating internalization of motivation through an empirical study which involves a 2-week long pedagogical experiment on two parallel classes of T&I learners taught by the same teacher in their 1st year of graduate study at Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation,Beijing Foreign Studies University.The research shows that compared with traditional teachercentered teaching model,MCs can better facilitate internalization of T&I learners’motivation.This article justifies the use of MCs as a situated approach in interpreting teaching and describes the design of MCs according to the psychological needs of SDT.In addition,the paper offers suggestions for further improvement of MCs design at the postgraduate level.
文摘Dissemination of Chinese culinary culture is important for Chinese culture to go global.Shannxi,a western province of China,features abundant cuisine which is representative of Shannxi local's lifestyle.However,there are many spelling mistakes and other translation mistakes in some time-honoured Chinese restaurants5 English menu.Appropriate translation strategies,including domestication,fbreignization and Pinyin,a phonetic transcription system for Chinese characters,should be adopted to explore practical and feasible translation of the culinary culture.
