視譯英譯中翻譯策略研究-生手與專家之眼動指標

Student and novice interpreters have struggled to find an exact trait or processing model that allows more experienced interpreters to constantly deliver quality interpretations. However, although past research has attempted to observe and define objective criteria for an “expert interpreter” with various standards and from different perspectives, there has been no conclusive answer so far mainly due to the complexity of the interpreting task. This study observes the eye movements of experienced interpreters during sight translation and compares the results with eye movement data collected from novice interpreters, to see whether the former group shows any difference in terms of comprehension and processing procedures. The interpretations were also evaluated to confirm experienced interpreters do deliver better quality outputs. 18 experienced interpreters took part in the experiment, and were required to complete silent reading, read aloud, and sight translation. All source texts were in Mandarin Chinese, and for the sight translation task, interpreted into English. Eye movements during all tasks were recorded, as well as the deliveries of sight translation. The results were later analyzed and compared with those of novices collected by Huang (2001). Findings suggest that experienced interpreters begin to engage in other efforts besides comprehension during first pass reading when sight translating, as opposed to novices who seem to be only able to handle comprehension. However, even though they began to process input earlier, experienced interpreters still required rereading time. It is speculated that the reformulation stage during sight translation can be further divided into two levels, and while novices can only complete one (the basic) level of reformulation, experienced interpreters are able to finish both levels, therefore delivering better interpretations.