unit-2-ceremonial-address

1UUnniittTTwwooCCeerreemmoonniiaallAAddddrreessssUnitObjectives（单元目标）Afterreadingthisunit,youshouldunderstandhowtomakeashort-termpreparationfortheinterpretingtasks.findwaystoimproveyourinterpretingskillsandperformance.masterthebasicwordsandexpressionsaboutceremonialaddress.knowsomeculturalbackgroundknowledgeaboutceremonialaddress.2PreparingI.InterpretingSkills(口译技能)Readthefollowingpresentationaboutshort-termpreparation.Trytounderstandwhatandhowtopreparefortheinterpretingtasksintheshortrun.Thencompletethefollowingtask:Supposeyouaregoingtoworkasaninterpreterforabusinessmanwhoisgoingtomakeaceremonialaddress.Howareyougoingtoprepareforitandwhatquestionsareyougoingtoaskifyouareabletocontacttheorganizerorthespeakerbeforetheinterpretationstarts?Workingroupsandworkoutaquestionlist.PreparingTraining(II):Short-termPreparation（短期准备）Short-termpreparationininterpretingreferstothejobthatcanonlybepreparedshortlybeforetheinterpretingtaskistaken.Incontrastwithlong-termpreparation,short-termpreparationismoredirectandconcrete,aseachinterpretingtaskisdifferentfromoneanother.Theinterpreterworksfordifferentspeakersandondifferentsubjects.Inrealinterpretingsituations,pre-interpretingpreparationisusuallyreferredtoasshort-termpreparation.WhattoPrepare?Afteraninterpreterhasacceptedaninterpretingassignment,theyshallstarttoprepareforthetaskimmediately.Followingaretheessentialitemsthattheinterpretershallprepare.1.MeetingDocumentsThemeetingdocumentsareagreathelptotheinterpreters.Itisadvisableforinterpreterstoasktheorganizertoprovidethecompletedocumentation（文件）andbackgroundinformationforthetaskasearlyaspossible,suchasthemeetingschedule（时间表）,listofparticipants（参加者）,introductionofthekeynotespeakers（主题发言人）etc.Hemusttrytounderstand“whoisthespeaker?whatisthesubject?whatistheoccasion?whoistheaudience?andwhattypeofspeechisit?”.2.AGlossaryListAftergettingthedocuments,theinterpreteristhenabletoknowthetopicsandsubjectsheisgoingtodealwith.Atthistime,anexperiencedinterpreterwillworkoutalistofglossaryandterminology（术语）hewillpotentiallyencounterininterpreting.Apreparedglossarylistsometimeshelpstheinterpreteroutwhenhecomesacrossnewwords.3.Dictionaries,NotebooksandPensInterpretingisoftendoneinanuncertainsituation.Therearealwayssomewordsandexpressionsbeyondtheinterpreter’smindandpreparation.Inthiscase,someclassifieddictionaries（分类词典）maybeofgreathelp.Anexperiencedinterpreteralwaysbringscertaindictionaries,whichtheycanconsultwheneverpossible.Inaddition,note-booksandpensarealsonecessaryininterpreting.Asinterpretersusuallytakenotesininterpreting,twotop-openingnotebooks（竖翻式笔记本）andknock-gellpens（按压式水笔）arethereforerecommendedforinterpreterstocarry.Suchnotebooks3andpensareeasilyhandledininterpretingsituations.4.DressesandNameCardsInaddition,interpretersshouldknowthegeneraldresscode（着装要求）beforethemeetingstarts.Interpretersarealwaysexpectedtodressappropriatelyandbehaverespectfullywhentheyattendthemeeting.Moreover,businesscards（名片）arealsonecessaryasinterpreterssometimesreceivenamecardsfromtheorganizerandthespeakers.Therefore,interpretersshouldpreparetheirowncardstooffertheminreturn.Otherwise,itwouldmakethemembarrassed.HowtoPrepare?Thefollowingthreewaysaresuggestedthatinterpreterdowhenmakingshort-termpre-interpretingpreparation.1.ReadthroughtheRelevantDocumentsBeforeaninterpreterbeginstowork,heshouldreadthroughthedocumentsheisabletoobtainandorganizeallthedocumentsinaneasilyrecognizablewaysothathecanfindthemimmediatelywhenthespeakerisdeliveringhisspeech.Ifhehastranslatedsomeofthetextsbeforehand,heshouldalsoclassifythetranslatedtextsandputtheminorder.2.SurftheInternetThereisplentyofinformationinInternet.Bysurfingthenet,theinterpretermayfindsomeimportantinformationthatisrelatedtotheinterpretingtasks,suchasthebackgroundofthekey-notespeakers;theintroductiontotherelatedorganizationsetc..ItissuggestedthatinterpretersfindanInternetaccessandmakefulluseofit.3.ContacttheOrganizerandtheSpeakerBriefings（碰头会）arepotentiallyaveryusefulpartofadvancepreparation.Theyaremeetingsorganizedfortheinterpreter,withtheparticipationoftheorganizerandthespeakers.Atthebriefing,theinterpretercanaskspecificquestionsandgetsomegeneralinformation.Sometimes,somespeakershavestrongaccents.Ifpossible,interpretersshouldattemptchancetotalkpersonallywithsuchparticipantsbeforetherealtaskbeginssoastobefamiliarwiththeiraccentsandimprovetheaccuracyoftheinterpretation.4.PrepareaquestionlistBeforetakingtheinterviewwiththeorganizerandthespeaker,interpretersaresupposedtoprepareaquestionlist（提问单）inadvance,asboththeorganizerandthespeakerareusuallyratherbusy.Thequestionsmustbetothepoint.Apreparedquestionlistwillbeofgreathelpduringtheinterviews.Followingisasamplequestionlist:ASampleQuestionListToOrganizer:1.MayIhavetheschedule?Willtherebeanychangesabouttheschedule?2.Isitpossibleformetohavethespeakers’speechdraftsorpptslides?3.Whowillattendtheconference?IsthereaQ&Asession?4.Whoarethekey-notespeakers?HowcanIgetintouchwiththem?ToSpeaker:1.Howlongwillthespeechlast?2.Whatareyourmainpoints?Areyougoingtoaddorcutanypoints?3.A