Grammatical Differences and Simultaneous Interpreting: An Empirical Approach

ISBN-13: 9781636670058 / Angielski

Miao Wang

Opis

The book focuses on the effects of English grammatical categories including passives, adverbials and noun phrases and of Mandarin Chinese grammatical categories including co-verb phrases, noun phrases and topic-prominent clauses on simultaneous interpreting between the two languages.

Spis treści

Preface - Acknowledgements - List of Figures and Tables - List of Abbreviations - Introduction - Simultaneous Interpreting-Effort Model, Features and Factors - Grammatical Differences and SI - Chinese-English Grammatical Differences - Empirical Study - Data Analysis and Discussions - Contribution and Significance - Pre-experiment questionnaire - Post-experiment questionnaire - English ST - Chinese ST - ST Analysis (English Adverbials) - Output Analysis (English Adverbials) - Data Manipulation before SPSS Entry - SPSS Entry, Calculation and Output.

O autorze

Miao Wang is Associate Professor in Translation and Interpreting at Beijing International Studies University. She was a Senior Lecturer (2018-2021) and a Lecturer (2014-2018) in Translation, Interpreting and Chinese Language in the Department of Languages, Translation and Communication at Swansea University. Her previous posts include a university tutorship in translation and interpreting at the University of Leicester and a lectureship in Mandarin Chinese language, translation and interpreting at Middlesex University between 2010 and 2013.

Her PhD on the impact of grammatical differences between Mandarin Chinese and English was awarded by the University of Leicester in 2014. She completed Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education (PGCTHE) in 2017, the qualification for teaching in higher education, and achieved Fellow Status of Higher Education Academy (HEA) for teaching recognition in the same year.

Her research interests include linguistics (Mandarin Chinese and English), translation and interpreting. She has been working as a freelance conference interpreter, proof-reader and translator since 2008, interpreting and translating for Chinese and British government bodies, international companies, as well as high-level conferences and events (e.g. The Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games) held in China and in Europe.