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Acknowledgments There is no single word that can best show my ecstasy and gratitude when my thesis writing has come to an end favorably. I, hereby, wish to extend my genuine gratefulness to the following persons for their unselfish devotion and assistance to the fulfillment of this paper.32041
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Firstly, I would avail myself of this opportunity to give my heartfelt thanks to my supervisor, Associate Prof. , a very amicable, passionate and mostly important, responsible teacher. She has given me so many constructive, practical and to-the-point recommendations that I took into consideration and made improvements on my paper, not only in choosing words or sentence organization but also in the whole structure and format. Under her patient guidance in selecting my topic and her constant support and help in the process of my writing, I finally complete the present thesis smoothly.
Prof. is also the very person that I want to convey my profound gratitude to. She taught me Advanced Interpretation last semester. It is her excellent experience and professional interpreting skills that have aroused my great interest in the field of interpreting. I want to become an interpreter in the future, and that is also the reason why I prefer to continue my study in translation and interpreting overseas the following semester.
My sincere appreciation also goes to the whole faculty of the English Department. All those teachers are amiable, knowledgeable and responsible, especially when they are spreading knowledge on the podium.
Also, I want to express my gratefulness to my classmates and friends for their support and encouragement, as well as their inspiring suggestions on and cooperation in my questionnaire.
Finally, I am particularly indebted to my dear parents for their deep love and consistent support to me over the past twenty-two years.
Abstract With the increasingly strong trend of economic globalization, as well as the elevation of Chinese international status, China has strengthened its cooperation with foreign countries in almost every field, particularly in the commercial and financial transactions. It is common to see the representatives from China in various international conferences. As the authoritative language of the United Nations, English is regarded as the universal language, a mastery of which is indispensable in communicating with foreigners. The qualified and professional interpreters, however, are of great scarcity in current China. In addition, the guiding theories of interpreting practice are not so complete as that of translation.
In translation theory, the one closely related to interpretation is pragmatic translation that is subpided into documentary translation and instrumental translation by Christina Nord. This paper, principally based on the heterofunctional translation coming from instrumental translation, with examples of the conference interpretations of ancient verses in speeches of Chinese leaders, through the thorough analysis of the results of the questionnaire, proves that in on-site interpreting circumstances, often interpreters have to weaken other functions of the source text whereas emphasize the informative function of the target text in order to better fulfill the purpose of cultural exchanges and transmissions. After the verification of the significance of heterofunctional translation, the author has come up with some practical and correlative suggestions with the hope of providing better guidance for interpreting.
This paper is split into five parts. The first part functions as an introduction. The second part generally elaborates on the development of the heterofunctional translation. The third part expounds on the significance of informative function in interpretation practice under the guidance of heterofunctional translation in the process of cross-cultural communication. The forth part further determines the importance of informative function and the effectiveness of heterofunctional translation via the detailed analysis of the questionnaire. The fifth part serves as a conclusion.