句法複雜度對同步口譯之影響：以專家與新手口譯員為例

The Influence of Syntactic Complexity on Experienced and Novice Interpreters in Simultaneous Interpreting

莊世全(Shih-chuan Chuang)

指導教授 ： 王珊珊

共同指導教授 ： 張嘉倩(Chia-chien Chang)

國立臺灣大學/文學院/翻譯碩士學位學程/碩士(2021年)

https://doi.org/10.6342/NTU202103354

摘要

本論文旨在探討句法複雜度對專家與新手口譯員中進英同步口譯表現之影響。研究者首先從文本中聚焦包括空主語、代詞解釋以及關係子句三種句法結構，再以X-bar理論分析受試者產出，以釐清句法複雜度是否會對同步口譯過程產生影響，以及專家口譯員是否更有能力處理複雜的句法結構。
分析結果顯示透過不同的口譯策略，專家口譯員的確更能處理複雜的句法結構，而新手口譯員的表現則是因為複雜句法結構的影響，有遺漏和意義錯誤等現象發生。雖然句法複雜度不是影響口譯過程的唯一因素，但本文研究結果指出受試者若能正確判斷句法結構，皆對原文的理解以及產出的準確度有正面影響。

關鍵字

同步口譯 ； 句法複雜度 ； 新手口譯員 ； 專家口譯員 ； X-bar理論

並列摘要

This thesis explores the influence of syntactic complexity on the Chinese-to-English SI performance of expert and novice interpreters with three syntactic structures identified from the source text: 1) null subjects, 2) pronoun interpretation, and 3) relative clauses. The data collected were analyzed under the X bar theory to answer whether syntactic complexity influences the process of SI, and whether expert interpreters are more capable of dealing with complicated syntactic structures.
Results show that expert interpreters were more capable of tackling complicated syntactic structures by deploying various strategies to optimize output. On the other hand, the performance of novice interpreters was consistently affected by complicated syntactic structures, leading to omissions and meaning errors. Although syntactic complexity is not the only factor which influences the process of SI, the main findings in this thesis illustrate that correct syntactic analysis can facilitate comprehension and thus have a positive influence on output accuracy.

並列關鍵字

simultaneous interpreting ； syntactic complexity ； novice interpreters ； expert interpreters ； X-bar theory

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