Session1课程导言ThoughtsSharing“Interpretationisaverycomplexmatter.Thecaseis:thereisalwayssomethingIcouldhavedonebetter!”(ananonymousinterpreter)“Agoodinterpreterdoesnotgrowonatree.”(Heynold)“Aninterpreterisanactor.”(Gile)BecomingACompetentInterpreterReviewtheXiaDaModelChallengesforaninterpreterLanguagevs.SkillsWheredoesourcoursecomein?Thiscourseaimsatimprovingstudents’practicalskillsofinterpretingconsecutivelybetweenEnglishandChinese.ThroughcontrastivestudiesoftheEnglishandChineselanguages,whichcoversissuesofdiscourseanalysis,textuality,style,register,fuzzymessage,syntax,etc.,thecourseintroducesthelanguageunderstandingandconvertingskillsthatenablestudentstobemorecapableinterpretersforsophisticatedconsecutiveinterpretationtasks.WhattoExpectfortheModuleTheories+practiceTrainingintensiveFocusonlanguage,notskillsUpdatedauthenticconferencematerialsAwiderangeofthemesWhattoExpectfromYouActivepartinclassroomactivitiesLotsofpracticeafterclassAwarenessofthecontrastofbothlanguagesSupplementaryreadingandresearchApplytoyourinterpretingworkHavefunandGoodluck!