A bilingual's balance between communicative intention and use of strategies in simultaneous interpreting : a case study

Tao Chen; Lili Han; Vânia Rego; Jiajia Sui

doi:10.5817/ERB2024-2-16

A bilingual's balance between communicative intention and use of strategies in simultaneous interpreting : a case study

Vol.45,No.2(2024)

Tao Chen Lili Han Vânia Rego Jiajia Sui

https://doi.org/10.5817/ERB2024-2-16

Stable URL (handle):
http://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/digilib.80273

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Abstract

The present work aims to provide a real perspective on a bilingual's balance between communicative intention and adoption of strategies in simultaneous interpreting. Two methodological methods are adopted by analyzing the SI corpus: quantitative, in which metalinguistic aspects of the performance are examined, and qualitative, which focuses on the shifts of the interpreting product. It is concluded that: i) there are indeed communicative "strategy" that a bilingual interpreter without academic training resorts to to ensure the quality and fluidity of simultaneous interpreting, however, these intentions do not present a sufficient reasoning nor do they reveal a systematic pattern, therefore they would be designated as "intuitive strategies" of a bilingual; ii) a bilingual privileges the communicative role of interpretation to ensure the transmission of messages, instead of seeking to follow their pre-established strategies.

Keywords:
bilingual; interpretation; communication; strategy; corpus

Pages:
213–237

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