外国语

外国语 ›› 2020, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (6): 116-128.

• 翻译研究 • 上一篇    

基于信息结构理论的同声传译译语内容质量评估体系构建

卢信朝   

  1. 北京外国语大学 高级翻译学院, 北京 100089
  • 收稿日期:2018-04-16 发布日期:2021-01-13
  • 作者简介:卢信朝,博士,硕士生导师,会议口译员。研究方向:同声传译理论与实践、口译教学。
  • 基金资助:
    教育部人文社会科学研究青年基金项目"基于语料库的非政府机构译员中国特色话语同声传译研究"（18YJC740057）

Toward an Assessment System of Simultaneous Interpreting Fidelity Based on Information Structure Theory

LU Xinchao   

  1. Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing 100089, China
  • Received:2018-04-16 Published:2021-01-13

摘要： 同声传译（同传）以传递信息、促进交际为根本宗旨，译语内容质量评估应以信息为评估对象，但错误分析法、命题分析法等国内外现有评估方法局限于词汇-语义评估层次，评估语言形式、语义而非信息，且评估单位不清晰、不合理，难以有效评估同传质量。本文借鉴Lambrecht（1994）信息结构理论，结合同传工作方式特征，制定源语断言划分标准及分类体系，建立源语信息衡量体系，制定译语信息损耗评估标准，建立译语信息损耗评估体系，构建以信息为评估对象、以语义-语用为评估层次、反映同传传递信息、促进交际这一根本宗旨的同传译语内容质量评估体系。

关键词: 信息结构理论, 同声传译译语内容质量评估体系, 源语信息衡量体系, 译语信息损耗评估体系

Abstract: Simultaneous Interpreting (SI) is a process and a product by which speakers' messages are conveyed to the audience to facilitate communication, thus fidelity assessment in SI should be information-based.However, the existing assessment approaches, such as Error Analysis or Propositional Analysis, remain basically lexico-semantic.Rather than assess information, they assess linguistic structures, lexical meanings with unit of measurement un-or ill-defined and fail to effectively assess SI fidelity.This paper, seeking a cross-fertilization between Lambrecht's (1994) Information Structure Theory and SI working mechanism, sets up a semantically-pragmatically-oriented SI fidelity assessment system consisting of a metric scheme for information in source language, defining and categorizing assertions, and also an assessment scheme for information loss in SI output.As an information-based assessment system, it is expected to be a better gauge for the fidelity of SI, a message-oriented communication process.

Key words: Information Structure Theory, SI Fidelity Assessment System, Metric Scheme for Source Information, Assessment Scheme for Output Information Loss

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