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A Study on the Strategy of Chinese-English Consecutive Interpreting of Beijing Historical and Cultural Speeches

Received: 2 May 2016     Accepted: 23 September 2016     Published: 14 October 2016
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Abstract

Historical and cultural speeches are considered a challenge in Chinese to English interpretation, as each language describes the world in a different way. Therefore, Beijing historical and cultural speeches are believed to have high level of difficulty in terms of interpretation. This study was aimed at investigating the strategies used in interpreting Beijing historical and cultural speeches. Based on the literature review, two models of interpretation are established, and three cases of interpreting strategy of Beijing historical and cultural speeches based on the models are analyzed.

Published in International Journal of Applied Linguistics and Translation (Volume 2, Issue 5)
DOI 10.11648/j.ijalt.20160205.11
Page(s) 43-52
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Keywords

Beijing Historical and Cultural Speeches, Interpreting Strategy Model, Interpreting Strategy

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