1. 8 Conference and Interview
英语口译 8
Conference and Interview
大学英语教学部
向丁丁

2. Warm up: listen, understand and retell
The dangers of the good child

3. Warming up: Listen, understand and retell
 “Google Translate” (from NPR)
a. What is the main idea of the news story?
b. How many parts can you divide the story into?
c. Can you recall as much info as possible in each part?
d. Do you think machine translation will replace human translation one day?

4. One-on-one interpreting
a. E-C, and ask the speaker:
How do you rate your partner?
Any mistakes to correct?
Can you explain the logic flow of your report?
b. C-E, and ask the speaker:
Can you point out customary translations for some expressions in your report?

5. Common Expressions in Conference Settings
现在我宣布会议开始。
请同我一起欢迎……
我们很高兴地欢迎……
请允许我介绍……
非常荣幸地向大家介绍

6. Terms of different kinds of meetings

7. Vocabulary: Vie to answer first!
key words:
prospect, the Democratic, the Republic, on a daily basis, energy-efficient, package, to elaborate, to propose, international community, to reach a consensus on, to institutionalize, assembly, convention, party, fancy ball, symposium, seminar, summit, forum, press conference, unprecedented, embassy, ambassador, direct investment, over the same period of last year

8. Important Skill 1: short-hand in note-taking
The most common ways of abbreviations in taking notes:
1. the briefest form for recognition
fr, mo
econ, eco
dev, dec (↓)
inc (↑)
2. sketching the skeleton of the words with their major consonants
CHN
MKT

9. Drill
 “kangaroo symposium”
Take notes using short-hand writing
Compare your notes!

10. The University of Kangaroos held a national symposium on November 8th, on diversifying the food intake of all the kangaroos. Traditionally kangaroos feed on fresh grass. However as a joint result of climate change and human exploitation, the production of fresh grass on the Australian prairie is decreasing on a yearly basis. Experts suggest that the kangaroo government start a new and comprehensive nutrition program, encouraging the citizens to take in more berries, corns and dry grass, in order to combat the current food deficiency.
Sample note
Uni. ⊙ 8/11
: ↑ food
Tra. fre gras
Clima+human→ ↓/year
Exp: gov. prog.
Berry
Corn
Dry gras
﹥﹤ ×

11. Important Skill 2: Interpreting political speeches
1. Discuss: Generic features to expect
√coherent and logical syntactical structure
√ expanded system of connectives (hence, forward, inasmuch, thenceforth)
√ careful paragraphing
√ the use of words with the emotive meaning
√ stylistic devices
√ brevity of expression

12. Drilling with an example:
 Premier Li’s inaugural speech
1: :22
Interpret for Premier Li!
Compare your work with his real interpreter.

13. Practice  E-C: audio-11  E-C: audio-2 an unnamed conference
 C-E: audio ☺词序的调整
 C-E: audio ☺会议惯用语

14. Homework
1) think about differences in saying numbers in Chinese and in English
2) get prepared for one-on-one interpreting