Unit-6-Paraphrasing

Unit6Paraphrasing1Whatisparaphrasing?Paraphrasingistherestatementofatextorutterance,givingthesamemeaninginanotherform.Itistheexpressionofwhatsomeonehaswrittenorsaidinanother,possiblyclearerormorecomprehensibleway.Actually,peopleparaphraseallthetime.Whenthelistenerfailstounderstandwhatyouhavesaidtohim,inordertogetyourmessageacrossyouprobablyhavetoexplainagain,usingsimplerandplainerlanguage.Therearemultiplewaysofexpressingthesameideainanylanguage,andanimportantindicatorofaperson’smasteryofalanguageishisabilitytoexpressthesameideaorthingindifferentways.Themoreheisequippedwith,thehigherhislanguageproficiency,andinthecaseofinterpreting,thebetterhisperformanceislikelytobe.1Interpretinghasneverbeenaword-for-wordmatchingprocess,ratheritisthetransferenceofmeaningcontainedinthemessage.Yetinterpreterssometimescannothelptryingtofindequivalentsforwordorphrasesintheoriginalmessage,andoccasionallytheygetstuckandcannotfindthe“rightword”orphrasetocontinuetheinterpreting.Therefore,bydoingparaphrasing,theinterpreter’sattentionshouldbeshiftedfromfindingtheequivalentstoconcentratingonthemeaningofthemessage.Ontheotherhand,interpretingisaudience-centered,i.e.,theultimategoalofinterpretingistoensurethattheaudienceunderstandthemessage.Butsometimesculturalaswellasintellectualgapsdoexistbetweenthespeakerandtheaudience.Paraphrasingplaysabigroleinnarrowingthegapbetweenthetwoparties.E.g.1ThevariouspilotprojectsexperimentedfirstinShenzhenandthenspreadnationwidehavegiventhecityanameforChina’sshowcaseforitsopeningupeffortsandreform.ManynewprojectshavebeenfirsttriedandtestedinShenzhenbeforetheyareadoptedthroughoutthecountry.ThishadmadethecityfamousforbeingtheleadingmodelinChina’sopeningupeffortsandreform.E.g.2Thebookhewrote20yearsagohasalwaysbeenhisboastandpride.Hehasalwaysboastedaboutandfeltproudofthebookhewrote20yearsago.2Howtoparaphrase?1)ChangeofpartsofspeechOriginal:TourismearnsalotofforeignexchangeforSpain.Paraphrased:TourismisabigforeignexchangeearnerforSpain.2)ChangeofsentencestructureOriginal:Onlybyeliminatingcorruptionandbureaucracycanweestablishaclean,smallandefficientgovernment.Paraphrased:Wemustgetridofcorruptionandbureaucracybeforeweareabletoestablishaclean,smallandefficientgovernment.3)BreakupthelongsentenceintoseveralshortonesOriginal:Theboomintheairlineindustrythatbeganabout30yearsagoresultedinacorrespondingboominhotelconstruction.Paraphrased:Theairlineindustrystartedtoboomabout30yearsago.Thisboombroughtaboutasimilarboominhotelconstruction.