Unit 5 Interpreting Ceremonial Speeches

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Unit 5 Interpreting Ceremonial Speeches
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• ????
• ??/??? opening/closing ceremony??? opening
  speech/address???? make an opening speech????
  goodwill visit
• ?? Your/His/Her Honor/Excellency??
  distinguished guest??????? Respected Mr.
  Mayor????/????????? friends coming from a
  distant land/the other side of the Pacific???
  host country
• ???? declareopen???? on the occasion of
  ???? take this opportunity to??? in the
  name of

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• ???? in the spirit of ?? on the behalf
  of ????? heartfelt thanks???? gracious
  hospitality???? official invitation????
  look back on???? look ahead/look into the
  future?? in closing???? a complete
  success???? propose a toast
• ????  in persistent pursuit of  ????
   equality and mutual benefit ???? 
  bilateral relations ????  lasting peace

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• ????
• 1.??????,????????????,???????????,????????
• On the behalf of all the members of my mission, I
  would like to take this opportunity to express
  our sincere thanks to our host for their earnest
  invitation.
• 2.??,??????????????????????Now, I have the
  pleasure to declare the 22nd Universal Postal
  Congress open.
• 3.?????????????????????????????????
• I have the honor to express this warm welcome on
  behalf of the Chinese Government and people to
  the delegation from the United Kingdom.
• 4.??????????????
• I would like to extend my warmest welcome to all
  of you.
• 5.?????????!I wish the conference a complete
  success!

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Beginning

• It is with great pleasure that I
• I have the great pleasure to
• It gives me great pleasure to
• I have the honor to extend, on behalf of our
  welcome to the
• Allow me to express our warm welcome and cordial
  greetings to our distinguished guests coming from
  afar.
• We are very proud and honored to receive such a
  group of distinguished entrepreneurs.
• This is also a very happy and memorable occasion
  for me personally. Today we are especially
  pleased and happy to receive the delegation led
  by
• We assemble here today with great elation to
  welcome
• We are happy to celebrate this glorious festival
  together with
• We are very much honored and pleased to give a
  banquet this evening in honor of and the other
  distinguished guests from who have come to visit
  at the invitation of .
• Your presence adds much to our festive joy.
• With great elation and pleasure, we.
• With profound and amicable sentiments for your
  people, we.

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Ending

• I wish to express my heartfelt thanks to you.
• Thank you so much forin spite of your busy
  schedule.
• And that concludes my speech.
• Id like to end/conclude my speech.
• Thank you for your attention.

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Class Performing ????

• I. Decoding--Notes Taking (????)
• Listen to the recordings of Texts. Try to catch
  the main ideas of the speech. Note down the key
  points while you are listening. Then tell the
  main ideas of the speech with the help of your
  notes.
• II. Memorizing--Story Retelling (????)
• Listen to the recordings of Texts again. Try to
  catch more details and improve your notes. Then
  retell the speech in your own words with the help
  of your notes.
• III. Encoding--Message Reconstructing(????)
• Listen to the recordings of Texts paragraph by
  paragraph. Take notes when necessary and start
  interpreting during the pauses.

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Techniques Introduction

• I Short-term Preparation(????)
• Short-term preparation in interpreting refers to
  the job that can only be prepared shortly before
  the interpreting task is taken. In contrast with
  long-term preparation, short-term preparation is
  more direct and concrete, as each interpreting
  task is different from one another. The
  interpreter works for different speakers and on
  different subjects. In real interpreting
  situations, pre-interpreting preparation is
  usually referred to as short-term preparation.

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Questions

• What to prepare?
• How to prepare?

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What to Prepare?

• After an interpreter has accepted an interpreting
  assignment, they shall start to prepare for the
  task immediately. Followings are the essential
  items that the interpreter shall prepare.

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• 1. Meeting Documents
• The meeting documents are a great help to the
  interpreters. It is advisable for interpreters to
  ask the organizer to provide the complete
  documentation(??)and background information for
  the task as early as possible, such as the
  meeting schedule(???), list of participants(???),
  introduction of the keynote speakers(?????)etc.
  He must try to understand who is the speaker?
  what is the subject? what is the occasion? who is
  the audience? and what type of speech is it?.

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• 2. A Glossary List
• After getting the documents, the interpreter is
  then able to know the topics and subjects he is
  going to deal with. At this time, an experienced
  interpreter will work out a list of glossary and
  terminology(??)he will potentially encounter in
  interpreting. A prepared glossary list sometimes
  helps the interpreter out when he comes across
  new words.

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• 3. Dictionaries, Notebooks and Pens
• Interpreting is often done in an uncertain
  situation. There are always some words and
  expressions beyond the interpreters mind and
  preparation. In this case, some classified
  dictionaries(????)may be of great help. An
  experienced interpreter always brings certain
  dictionaries, which they can consult whenever
  possible. In addition, note-books and pens are
  also necessary in interpreting. As interpreters
  usually take notes in interpreting, two
  top-opening notebooks(??????)and knock-gell
  pens(?????)are therefore recommended for
  interpreters to carry. Such note books and pens
  are easily handled in interpreting situations.

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• 4. Dresses and Name Cards
• In addition, interpreters should know the general
  dress code(????)before the meeting starts.
  Interpreters are always expected to dress
  appropriately and behave respectfully when they
  attend the meeting. Moreover, business
  cards(??)are also necessary as interpreters
  sometimes receive name cards from the organizer
  and the speakers. Therefore, interpreters should
  prepare their own cards to offer them in return.
  Otherwise, it would make them embarrassed.

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How to Prepare?

• The following three ways are suggested that
  interpreter do when making short-term
  pre-interpreting preparation.

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• 1. Read through the Relevant Documents
• Before an interpreter begins to work, he should
  read through the documents he is able to obtain
  and organize all the documents in an easily
  recognizable way so that he can find them
  immediately when the speaker is delivering his
  speech. If he has translated some of the texts
  beforehand, he should also classify the
  translated texts and put them in order.

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• 2. Surf the Internet
• There is plenty of information in Internet. By
  surfing the net, the interpreter may find some
  important information that is related to the
  interpreting tasks, such as the background of the
  key-note speakers the introduction to the
  related organizations etc.. It is suggested that
  interpreters find an Internet access and make
  full use of it.

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• 3. Contact the Organizer and the Speaker
• Briefings(???)are potentially a very useful part
  of advance preparation. They are meetings
  organized for the interpreter, with the
  participation of the organizer and the speakers.
  At the briefing, the interpreter can ask specific
  questions and get some general information.
  Sometimes, some speakers have strong accents. If
  possible, interpreters should attempt chance to
  talk personally with such participants before the
  real task begins so as to be familiar with their
  accents and improve the accuracy of the
  interpretation.

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• 4. Prepare a question list
• Before taking the interview with the organizer
  and the speaker, interpreters are supposed to
  prepare a question list(???)in advance, as both
  the organizer and the speaker are usually rather
  busy. The questions must be to the point. A
  prepared question list will be of great help
  during the interviews. Following is a sample
  question list

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Texts Interpretation

• Text 1 Revisiting the old haunt
• Text 2 A pleasant trip
• Text 3 Our future
• Text 4 A new long March

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Revisiting the old haunt

• Vocabulary
• World-renowned Long March
• Diversity never
  other than
• Dynamism in this
  context
• A special regard
• Nostalgic
• Memorable
• Utmost courtesy
• Extensive
• Overshadow
• Non-governmental sector
• Foundations
• Mutual benefit
• Good faith
• Strategic relationship
• flourish

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Class exercise

• I. Decoding--Notes Taking (????)
• Listen to the recordings of Text. Try to catch
  the main ideas of the speech. Note down the key
  points while you are listening. Then tell the
  main ideas of the speech with the help of your
  notes.
• II. Memorizing--Story Retelling (????)
• Listen to the recordings of Texts again. Try to
  catch more details and improve your notes. Then
  retell the speech in your own words with the help
  of your notes.
• III. Encoding--Message Reconstructing(????)
• Listen to the recordings of Texts paragraph by
  paragraph. Take notes when necessary and start
  interpreting during the pauses.

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Homework

• Listen to the four passages in unit 5 sentence by
  sentence and do interpretation. Pay attention to
  those idiomatic expressions of extending welcome,
  thanks and congratulations.

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5-3 Our future5-4 A New Long March

• English-Chinese Interpreting Techniques
• Attributive Clause Interpreting
• Parallel Clause Interpreting

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Attributive Clause Interpreting

• 1. ???Front-positioning
• 2. ???Post-positioning

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Attributive Clause Interpreting

• 1. ????????????????????,????????
• ??
• Space and oceans are the new world which
  scientists are trying to explore.
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• On behalf of all my colleagues present here,
  I wish to thank you for the incomparable
  hospitality for which the Chinese people are
  justly famous throughout the world.
• I ask all of you present to join me in
  raising your glasses to the friendship and
  cooperation of our two peoples which can lead to
  friendship and peace for all peoples in the
  world.

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• Are they destined to die painfully for the
  hatreds which have plagued the old world, or are
  they destined to live joyfully because we had the
  vision to build a new world?
• This is the hour. This is the day for us to
  rise to the heights of greatness which can build
  a new and better world.
• ?1
• ????,????????????????????????
• ?2
• ????,???????????????????????,???,??????????????
  
• ?3
• ??????????????????,???????????
• ???

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• 2. ????????????????????,????????
• ?????????????,????????????????,????????,??????????
  ,???????????????,?????????????????????
• (?)?????(antecedents repetition)
• (?)?????(antecedents omits)

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• (?)?????
• ????????????????????????,???????????????,?????????
  ,???????????????
• ??
• I told the story to John, who told it to
  his brother.
• ??????????,???????????
• So, let us start a long march together on
  different roads leading to the same goal, the
  goal of building a world structure of peace and
  justice in which all may stand together with
  equal dignity and in which each nation, large or
  small, has a right to determine its own form of
  government, its own course if development , free
  of outside interference.

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• (?)?????
• ???????????????,??????????,?????????????
• ??
• They worked out a new method by which
  production has now been rapidly increased.
• ??????????,??????????????

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Parallel Clause Interpreting

• Parallel structure means using the same
  pattern of words to show that two or more ideas
  have the same level of importance.
• This can happen at the word, phrase, or
  clause level. The usual way to join parallel
  structures is with the use of coordinating
  conjunctions such as "and" or "or." In
  interpreting parallels, interpreters should try
  to keep the original rhythm of the source
  utterance.
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• The coach told the players that they should
  get a lot of sleep, not eat too much, and do some
  warm-up exercises before the game.
• The world watches. The world listens. The
  world waits to see what we will do.
• I have not to come to China to hold forth on
  what divides us, but to build on what binds us. I
  have not come to dwell on a closed door past, but
  to urge that Americans and Chinese look to the
  beautiful future.

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• Sentences in focus
• 1. I would also like to take this opportunity to
  thank the National Committee on U.S.-China
  Relations and the U.S.-China Business Council, as
  well as others present here, for your dedicated
  efforts over the years to increase the
  understanding and friendship between the two
  peoples and to promote the relations between the
  two countries.
• 2. I particularly want to pay tribute, not only
  to those who prepared the magnificent dinner, but
  also to those who have provided the splendid
  music.
• 3. Trust the people these three words are not
  only the hearth and soul of American history, but
  the most powerful force for human progress in the
  world today.
• 4. Today, Chinas economy crackles with the
  dynamics of change.

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Texts Interpreting

• Vocabulary

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Class exercise

• I. Decoding--Notes Taking (????)
• Listen to the recordings of Text. Try to catch
  the main ideas of the speech. Note down the key
  points while you are listening. Then tell the
  main ideas of the speech with the help of your
  notes.
• II. Memorizing--Story Retelling (????)
• Listen to the recordings of Texts again. Try to
  catch more details and improve your notes. Then
  retell the speech in your own words with the help
  of your notes.
• III. Encoding--Message Reconstructing(????)
• Listen to the recordings of Texts paragraph by
  paragraph. Take notes when necessary and start
  interpreting during the pauses.