Walking out of the light verb jungle: Exploring the translation strategies of light verb constructions in Chinese-English consecutive interpreting.

ABSTRACT: Cross-linguistic features of light verb constructions (LVCs) profile a major facet of the typological difference between Chinese and English. By adopting a theory-driven, context-based interpreting task, this study explores the effectiveness and variability of translation strategies in dealing with 12 target LVCs extracted from a Chinese-English Consecutive Interpreting test to capture effective translation strategies fit for Chinese English-as-foreign-language (EFL) learners (N = 66). Appropriate rates and entropy values denoting variability of strategy selection are calculated by using 12 LVC segments and nine strategies, respectively. A correlation test is also carried out for vocabulary knowledge and the appropriate rates of LVCs to assess the efficacy of learners' vocabulary kn

SUBMITTER: Wang D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10050874 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature