口译当中的跨文化交际

存档编号赣南师范学院学士学位论文Cross-culturalCommunicationInInterpretation口译当中的跨文化交际教学学院 外国语学院届别 2011届 专业 学号 070402270姓名 指导老师 完成日期 2010年12月日ContentTOC\o"1-5"\h\zAbstract 2Keywords 2IBriefintroductionofinterpretation. 3Whatinterpretationmeans 3Standardsofinterpretation 31.3Culturecontentsininterpretation 3Thecommonculturalcontentsofetiquette 3Basiccontentofuniqueculture 4Briefintroductiontocross-culturalcommunication. 5\o"CurrentDocument"Whatiscross-culturalcommunication 5Differentcognitivebehaviorandcross-culturalmisunderstanding 5EffectsofculturaldifferencesbetweenwesternworldandChina 6Geographicaldifferences 6Differenceofhistoryinculture 6Differencesofcustomsinculture 6Differencesofreligion…………...6Differenceofconceptofvalue 6Differencesinwaysofthinking 7Indirectwayanddirectwayofexpressionandthinking 7Westernerspaymoreattentiontoanalyze,whileChinesepaymoreattentiontooverall 7GenerallyconclusionofdifferencebetweenwesternworldandChina 7Howtotraincross-culturalcommunication.ReadBible 8WhafsBible 8WhyweneedtolearnBible 9HowtouseBibleforcross-culturalcommunicationininterpretation 9ReadsomeChineseClassics 9Otherdifficultincross-culturalcommunicationininterpretation 9Interpretationofproverb 10Interpretationofidiom 10V．StrategyofurgentsituationininterpretationThreemeasurestowardsthesituationofotunderstandingthesourcelanguage 11DomesticationandForeignizingininterpretation 11Domesticationininterpretation 11Foreignizingininterpretation 12AbstractAsweallknow,differentnationalitieshavedifferentcultures,therearesomesimilaritiesamongthem,butalsosomedifferences.Thereareconnectionsamongdifferentcultures,butalsohaveuniqueculturalelements.Itissuchakindofcommonlinkprovidesthefoundationandpossibilityforinterpretation.Whiledifferentcultureswithuniquecharacteristicsconstitutetheobstacleforculturalexchange.Fromthisperspective,thedifficultyofinterpretationmeansthedifficultyofexpressionofculturalbackgroundknowledgeandunderstanding.Interpretationisclearlynotjustaspokenlanguageconversionprocess,butalsoaculturalcommunication,conversationandtheprocessofintegration.Thereisasignificantrelationshipbetweeninterpretationandculturalfactors,backgroundknowledgeaswellastheinherentvalues.Andmeanwhileinterpretationaffectedtheirinfluenceandlimitedbythem.Therefore,inordertoabideandpursuitofthreestandardsofinterpretation,namelyaccurateandfluent,wemustmaketheappropriatecross-culturalcommunicationtraining.Thepaperfocusesonhowtotraincross-culturalcommunicationskillsinthetrainingofinterpretationtomeetthecompleteneedsofhigh-qualityinterpretation.Keywords:interpretation,cross-culturalcommunication,thecommongroundanddifferencebetweenChinesecultureandwesternculture.Briefintroductiontointerpretation.WhatinterpretationmeansInterpretation,essentially,meansanextemporeoralproduction,inonelanguage,ofwhatissaidinanotherlanguage.Tothismaybeaddedthefollowingtwopointsofclarification.Asprovedbypractice,interpretationcannotbeviewedasamerelylinguisticunderstanding,butshouldberegardedasanaspectofalargerdomainnamely,thatofcommunication.Inthecaseofcomplexdiscoursesorspeeches,interpretationinvolvesnotonlylinguisticproficiency,butalsoencyclopedicknowledge.Afewwordsontheuseofterms.IntheUnitedNations,theterm“interpretation”，whentheimmediateresultisaspeechreproducedorallyinalanguageotherthanthatspokenbytheoriginalspeaker.Standardsofinterpretation.Therearetwocriteriatomeasurethemeritsofinterpretation:first,accurate,andthesecondisfluent.First,theinterpretationmustbeaccurate.Accurateisthesoulofinterpretation.Accuracyrequiresinterpretertransformstheinformationofthesourcelanguageintacttothetargetlanguage.Accuratetargetlanguageshouldbewhilemaintainingtheoriginalmeaningoflanguageanditsstyle.Accurateinterpretationisnotonlyaguaranteeofsuccessfulbilingualcommunication,butalsothedemonstrationofinterpreter'sethicsandprofessionalstandardsFluencyistheothermajorstandardwhichinterpretermustfollow,ifaccurateisthebasicrequirementalsooftranslation,andthenthefluentwillfullyreflectthecharacteristicsofinterpretation.Thefluencyofinterpretationincludingthespeedofperceptionandtranslatorparsingspeed,andwiththeencodingandexpressionofthetargetlanguage1.3CulturecontentsininterpretationLanguageisapartofcultureandthereforeinterpretingfromonelanguageintoanothercannotbedonesatisfactorilywithoutadequateknowledgeofthetwoculturesinvolved.Theculturefactorsininterpretingaremoresignificantthanthepurelylinguisticdifferences.Themostseriousmistakesininterpretingareusuallymadenotbecauseofverbalinadequacy,butofwrongculturalassumptions.Thereforeindeterminethemeaningofwordsoridioms,theinterpretermustnotonlylookatthesystematiccontentsbutalsotheculturalcontexts,for“theculturalcontextsofwordsarethekeystounderstandingthemeaningoftexts.”(“AstudyonNiDa'stranslationtheory,2004)ThecommonculturalcontentsofetiquetteThecommoncultureininternationalcommunicationismainlyshowedbyetiquette.Thetrendofdevelopmentofinternationalsociety,ononehandisdiversification;ontheotherhand,ontheotherhand,withthestrengtheningofexchangesbetweencountriesintheworld,theworldhasshownanunprecedentedunificationofvariouslocaleconomicunionandthestrategicpartnershiprelations,suchastheEuropeanCommunity,theShanghaisummit,APECandotherinternationalandregionalInternationalorganizationsalsosupportthistrend.Ofcourse,inavarietyofinternationalexchanges，ithassomecertaincodesofaction,inwhichthemostdirectexpressionoftheseistheperformanceofcommonritualculturefacedwithinternationalorganizationsandconferencesinthepublic.Understandingofthiscultureisthebasiclanguagequalityofinterpreters.Specifically,thecontentsofthecommonculturalritualsincludethefollowing.First,behavior.Inthediplomaticcontext,behaviorhasalotofrequirements.Intheinternationalexchangeactivities,interpretersshouldmaintainreasonablemannertowardsbehaviorandattitudes,sinceasuccessfulinterpretationcannotonlyincludehighlevellanguagewithoutreasonableactions.Highestlevelofinterpretationshouldbenotedthattheaudienceshavenoattentiontotheexistenceoftheinterpreter.Inaddition,theinterpretershouldalsobefullyawareofthedetailsoftheirstandingposition.Inthemoderninternationalconferencesandmeetings,meetingetiquetteiscommonlyusedinhandsorhugging,interpreters,intheirownwayofunderstandingtheusesonthebasisofwhichinformtheirclientsoftheritual.Second,Dress.Intheinternationalexchangeaffairs,ithasdifferentrequirementsofdressingonthecaseofdifferentoccasions.Forexample,inpoliticaltalksorformalbusinessmeeting,interpretershouldwearsuits;inthetourismtalks,itcanberelativelyfree;inthemulti-nationalgatheringofculturalexchange,youcanwearyourownnationalcostumes.Third,standingStations.Intheinterpretationprocess,inadditiontosittingduringthenegotiation,interpretersneedtostandtowork.Sometimestheyalsoneedtoparticipateinthegiftsexchangeordinner.Whenweparticipateintheseactivities,interpretersshouldpayattentiontothestandingposition.Thisisveryimportantininterpretation;everydetailisrelatedtothesuccessofinterpretation.BasiccontentofuniquecultureDifferencesofcultureamongdifferentcountriesorethnicnationsmainlyincludethereligiousculture,foodculture,physicalculture,digitalcultureandsoon.Religiousculture.Differentstateandnationbelievedindifferentreligions.Foreignlanguagelearnersandinterpretersshouldbemoreunderstandingofthetargetcountrysreligiousbeliefandcustoms,inparticular,habitsofcertaintaboos.Forexample,inIslamiccountriesandregionspeopledonotoftenremindpigandpork.InThailandchildrensheadcannotbetouched.Ifyoudonotunderstandthese,younotonlycannotcommunicatewell,evenintheexchangeprocesswillyoumakeconflictsFoodculture.Duetoreligiousdifferencesineatinghabits,foodcultureintheprocessofinternationalexchangeisalsoveryimportant,forexample:inIslamiccountriesandregions,peopledonoteatporkandfishwithoutscales,theJapanesedonoteatmutton,manycountriesineastEuropedonteatanimalorgans,guestscannotdrinkinArabcountries.Foreignlanguagelearnerslearnthelanguageneedtounderstandtheeatinghabitsofthetargetcountry.Physicalculture.Whentalkwithotherpeople,wegenerallyusethelanguage,voiceandbodylanguagethreedifferentways.Researchhasshownthat55%ofcommunicationisthroughbodylanguage,and38%completewithsound,andonly7%donewithwords,whichcanshowthatbodylanguageisveryimportantincommunication.Duringinterpretationprocess,theinterpretersneedtopaytoattentiontappropriatedeyescontract;hishandsshouldnotputintothepockets,neithercanwecrossyourarmsacrosschests.Wecannotshowourlazinessandlockofspirit.Besidesweneedtoaccordingtotheserviceobjecttoreadingthebodylanguageofexchanges.Thisoneisparticularlyworthnotingthatindifferentcountry,shrug,smilehavedifferentmeaning.Onlybyfullyunderstandingthebodylanguageofthetargetcountrycaninterpretergetthemeaningofbothsides.Briefintroductiontocross-culturalcommunicationWhatiscross-culturalcommunication?Cross-culturalcommunication(alsofrequentlyreferredtoasinterculturalcommunication,whichisalsousedinadifferentsense,though)isafieldofstudythatlooksathowpeoplefromdifferingculturalbackgroundscommunicate,insimilaranddifferentwaysamongthemselves,andhowtheyendeavortocommunicateacrosscultures.Ithasfollowingcharacters(1)Communicationmustcomefromdifferentculturalbackgrounds.Differencebetweenculturalbackgroundsisabroadconcept;itnotonlyreferstothedifferencebetweenthedifferentculturalcircles,butitalsoreferstothesameculturalcirclewithinthesub-culturedifferences.Butgenerallyspeakingculturaldifferencesmainlyrefertothedifferencebetweenthedifferentculturalcircles,especiallyinChinaandthewesterncultural.(2)Bothpartsofcommunicationmustusethesamelanguage.Itisobviously.Ifoneusesalanguage,whiletheotherusesinadifferentlanguage,communicationcannotbecarriedout.Bothsidesofthecommunicationarereal-timeoralcommunication.Thewaysofcross-culturalcommunicationarevarious.Itcanbelanguagesymbolscommunication,ornon-languagesymbolcommunication,suchascommercials,pictorial,video,performanceandsoon.Differentcognitivebehaviorandcross-culturalmisunderstandingThedifferenceofhumancognitivebehaviorofallethnicgroupsduetothedifferenceofcultural,linguisticandculturalenvironments.Thisisoneofthedeepestreasonswhichcausedcross-culturalmisunderstanding.Cognitivebehaviorisawayofviewingofthings.Aperson'scognitivebehaviorisbasedonitsculturalandsocialimpactoftheformationofcognitiveschema.Andunderthiscircumstanceweobserveandjudgethedevelopmentofsomeobjectandhumanbehavior.Person'sbehaviorordevelopmentsofthingsdonotcoincidewiththecognitiveschema,theevaluationofthingswouldbedifferent,andthenmisunderstandingsappear.Intheprocessofinterpretationtrainingandintheinterpretationworking,weshouldtrytoavoidsuchcross-culturalmisunderstandings.Thatiswhywemuststrengthenedcross-culturalcommunicationskillstrainingintheinterpretationtraining.EffectsofculturaldifferencesbetweenwesternworldandChina.GeographicaldifferencesGeographicallocationisdifferentbetweenWesterncountriesandChina,whichresultinginnationalgeographyandclimate.Thesedifferencesaresignificantlyexistinlanguage,anditneedallinterpretersattention.Forexample,Chinaisalandlockedcountry,lyingnorthwesttowardstosoutheast.Sowealwayssay“TheRiverflowseast”.WhilemanyEuropeancountriesareisland,suchasBritain.Sotheyalwaysuse“fromseatosea”toexpressthemeaningofwholecountry.Ifwejustinterprettheseuniqueculturalconnotationoftheidiominsimpleway.Itwillletotherpeoplecannotunderstandcorrectmeaning.SotobeaninterpreteryoushouldknowwellabouttheGeographicaldifferencesamongthedifferentcountries.Differenceofhistoryinculture.Chinaisafeudalruleafterthewar'slonghistoryofcivilization,Sothereare"descendants;fourgreatinventions;flamesreachingthesky;;Everythingisinplac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theMesopotamianCivilization.ThiscivilizationlaterondevelopedintotheculturesoftheAncientGreeceandAncientRome.Andthesetwoarewell-knownasthebaseoftheEuropeanculture.LiketheChineseculture,theEuropeanonealsocrossedwaters.WhenthecolonistsofEnglandsettleddowninAmerica,theirculturewentwiththemovertheAtlanticOcean.SotheAmericanculturedoesn'tdistinguishfromtheEuropeanonealot.Atthesametime,thedifferenceofthelanguagesystemsaddstotheculturaldifferences.IntheEast,mostlanguagesbelongtothepictographiclanguage(seethepicturebelow)whiletheWesternlanguagesaremostlybasedontheLatinsystem,forexample,theoneI'musingtowritethispaper.Otherfactorslikehumanracedifferencecountsaswell.Butwhat'smore,duetothefardistanceandthesteepareasbetweentheEastandWest,thetwoculturesseldomcommunicateuntilrecentcenturies.Sotheygrewuptotallyintheirownwayswithalmostnointerferencefromtheother.Howtotraincross-culturalcommunication.ReadBibleWhat'sBibleTheBibleisacollectionof66bookswrittenbyabout40authors,inthreedifferentlanguages,onthreedifferentcontinents,overapproximately1600years.TheBibleclaimstobeinspiredandinerrant.ThismeansthattheBibleclaimstobefromGodandthatitiswithouterrorineverythingitaddresses.TheBiblecontainsmanydifferentstylesofwritingsuchaspoetry,narration,fiction,history,law,andprophecyandmustbeinterpretedincontextofthosestyles.ItisthesourceoftheChristianreligioninthattheBiblecontainsthewordsofGodandhowtheChristianistoapplythewordsofGodtohislife.Basically,theBibledescribestheoriginofmanintheGardenofEdenalongwithhisfallintosinandoutoffellowshipwithGod.ItthendescribeshowGodcalledoutaspecialpeopletoHimself,theIsraelites.HepromisedtheIsraelitesafutureMessiahwhowouldrestoremankind'srelationshipwithGod.TheBibleistheaccountoftheworkofGodinhistorybringingtofruitionHispropheticdeclarationsconcerningJesus.JesuswasbornoftheVirgin,diedonthecross,andpaidforsins,justastheBibleprophesiedintheOldTestamentandfulfilledintheNew.Inshort,theBiblepointstoJesus,"YousearchtheScriptures,becauseyouthinkthatinthemyouhaveeternallife;anditisthesethatbearwitnessofme,"Furthermore,theBibleteachesusthatforgivenessofsinsisfoundinJesusalone,"Andthereissalvationinnooneelse;forthereisnoothernameunderheaventhathasbeengivenamongmen,bywhichwemustbesaved,”SomesaythattheBibleisnothingmorethanfairytales.Butthiscannotbeforitcontainsgreatwisdomandtruthandithasbeenverifiedthroughouthistoryasbeingaccurate.Itshistoricalaccountsareflawlesslyaccurate.Infact,archaeologyroutinelydemonstratestheaccuracyofthebiblicalrecordsconcerninglocationsandeventsrecordedintheBible.WhyweneedtolearnBible.ItisnoexaggerationtosaythattheEnglishBibleisthegreatestworkinEnglishlanguage,andthatitwillhavemuchmoreinfluencethanevenShakespeareuponthewrittenandspokenlanguageoftheEnglishrace.Forthisreason,tointerpretEnglishtoChinese,weneedtolearnBiblewell.InterpretationwithoutsomegeneralknowledgeoftherelationoftheBiblecannotbeverycompleted.Itisnotnecessarytoconsidertheworkfromareligiouspointofviewatall;indeed,tosoconsideritwouldberatherahindrancetotheunderstandingofinterpretationexcellence.SomepersonshaveventuredtosaythatitisonlysinceEnglishmenceasedtobelieveintheBiblethattheybegantodiscoverhowbeautifulitwas.Thisisnotaltogethertrue;butitispartlytrue.ForitisonethingtoconsidereverywordofabookasthewordofGodorgods,andanotherthingtoconsideritsimplyastheworkofmenlikeourselves.Naturallyweshouldthinkitourdutytosupposetheworkofadivinebeingperfectinitself,andtoimaginebeautyandtruthwhereneitherreallyexists.WecanseealotofspeecheswhichrelatedtotheBible.TakepresidentofUSspeechforexample,attheendingofeachspeech,thepresidentwillalwayssays“MayGodblessyou,andmayGodblessUSofAmerica.”Andin1949,whenSongMeilingvisitedUS,SecretaryofStateMarshalljustsaid“Godhelpthosehelpthemselves”.In2001,whenBushelectedtobethepresidentofUS,inhisInauguration,hejustsaid:“ButthatwaitupontheLORDshallrenewtheirstrength.Theywillsoaronwingslikeeagles;theywillrunandnotgrowweary,walkandnotfaint.”(IsaiahChapter40Section31).InClinton'sinauguralceremony,heusestwoBibleswhichhisgrandmothergavehim.In1993,ClintonopenedtheBibleinhisinaugurationceremonytotheGalatiansChapter6,Section8,theninthe1997re-electionceremonyhealsoopenedBibletoIsaiahChapter58,section12."Foryoupeoplewhomakelong-abandonedplacerequired;youwanttobuildthefoundationsofdemolishedLidia.Youshallbecalledtherepairerofthebreach,therestorerofpathstodwell.”HowtouseBibleforcross-culturalcommunicationininterpretationSinceBibleissoimportantinwesterners'lifeaswellasintheinterpretation.Weneedtolearnsomethingofit.Atleast,weneedtoknowthespiritofChristianityandfamoussentencesinBible.ButformostChinese,wearenotChristian,sohowtoreaditefficientlyinshorttime?Herearefoursuggestions.Firstly,getabibleyouunderstand.Youdon'thavetoreadtheKingJamesVersion.TryouttheNewLivingTranslationortheEnglishStandardVersion.YoumayalsoenjoytheNewInternationalVersionortheNewKingJamesVersion.AllofthesetranslationsarereliabletotheoriginalmanuscriptsandaremucheasiertounderstandthantheKingJamesVersion.Secondly,getaconcordance.Aconcordanceisjustanalphabeticallistoftheprimarywordsusedinabook.TheStrong'sConcordancelistsnearlyeverywordusedinthebibleandevencrossreferencesyoutotheGreekorHebrewwordusedintheoriginaltext.Aconcordanceishelpfulintwoways.Ithelpsyoufindpassagesyourecollectpartiallysoyoucanlookatthemagainandberemindedwhattheysay.Also,bylookinguptheoriginalmeaningoftheword,youcanlearnevenmoreabouttheverse.Sometimes,translatorsfoulupawordandyoucandiscoverwhatGodreallymeant;or,thetranslatorsmayhavegottherightword,butthedefinitioncanhelpyouunderstanditbetter.Thirdly,getadictionary.Bigbiblewordsarenotofteninoureverydayvocabulary.Agoodexampleistheword"propitiation".Gesundheit.No,no,Ididn'tsneeze.Propitiationmaynotbeawordyouknowrightoffhand,butifyoulookitupintheMerriam-Webster'sdictionaryyoulearnitmeans,"Togainorregainthefavororgoodwillof;toappease."Webster's1828dictionaryshedsevenmorelightontheword,definingitas,"Theactofappeasingwrathandconciliatingthefavorofanoffendedperson;theactofmakingpropitious."ThismakesSecondJohnchaptertwo,versetwoalotmoremeaningful."Jesusisthepropitiationforoursins,andnotforoursonlybutalsoforthesinsofthewholeworld."JesusappeasedthewrathofGodandbroughtusbackintofavorwithGod.Finally,useacomputertospeedthingsup.Ifyouareacomputersavvyperson,thereislotsofgreatsoftwareavailabletohelpyoustudythebiblemoreefficiently.4.2ReadsomeChineseClassicsNow,withfrequentlyculturalexchangebetweenChinaandOtherpartsoftheworld。MoreandmorepeoplestarttorealizethatChinesecultureisverygreat.Andasinterpreters,weneedtospreadourculturetotheentireworld.SowemustknowwellaboutChinesetraditionalculture.Actually,therema