w88 casino News Network (provided by the w88 casino of English)On June 6, the "Seventh Multilingual Relay Simultaneous Interpretation Competition Finals" was held at Shanghai International Studies University. Two graduate students from the 2023 class of our college's MTI International Conference Interpretation major were shortlisted for the finals. Huang Ding won the second prize in the English-Chinese group, and Hong Chengxi won the Excellence Award in the English-Chinese group. Teacher Wang Xinhong from the Department of Translation was invited to serve as a judge for the competition and won the Outstanding Instructor Award.
The "Multi-lingual Relay Simultaneous Interpretation Competition" is hosted by Shanghai International Studies University, hosted by the w88 casino of Advanced Translation and Interpretation, and conducted under the guidance of the Interpretation Committee of the Translators Association of China (TAC). The competition involves a total of 9 languages, using a multi-lingual relay format, with Chinese as the relay language, and simultaneous interpretation of Arabic, French, German, Japanese, Korean (Korean), Russian, Spanish and English. This competition adopted a model that combined online preliminary rounds and on-site finals, attracting 583 contestants from 75 universities at home and abroad. In the end, 128 contestants from 24 universities and 9 languages advanced to the on-site finals.
In the live finals, the contestants need to complete three simultaneous interpretation tasks, namely translating a foreign language into Chinese once, and twice using the Chinese translated by other contestants as a relay language to translate into a foreign language. Each round of competition lasts 45 minutes, and video materials in three languages are played respectively. Each video lasts about 12 to 16 minutes. Relay simultaneous interpretation is a commonly used form of translation by international organizations. This competition simulates real translation scenarios. The competition questions cover science and technology, culture, economy and other fields. It comprehensively tests the contestants' interpretation skills, language ability, cultural literacy and knowledge reserves, and guides contestants to keep up with the times, pay attention to national development, and improve their comprehensive literacy. A total of 1 first prize, 2 second prizes and 3 third prizes were awarded in the finals of the English-Chinese group of the competition.
The final of the relay simultaneous interpretation competition moved the simultaneous interpretation box from behind the scenes to the front, turning the "invisible man" into the "protagonist". It is undoubtedly a multiple test of the students' interpreting quality, physical strength and mentality. In this competition, the students truly felt the "high difficulty" and "high demands" of interpreting work, and understood the difficulties of relay simultaneous interpretation in actual work. In the process of simultaneous interpretation, a high degree of concentration, high-quality language output and the ability to be flexible are all important cornerstones for completing the interpretation task and are indispensable. When the quality of the source language in simultaneous relay interpretation is not high, how to adjust the rhythm of interpretation to ensure that the target language is stable, fluent, and the information is complete is an important issue worth thinking about. Through this competition, the students not only broadened their horizons, learned interpretation skills, discovered their own shortcomings, but also further strengthened their confidence and motivation in interpreting learning.
In this competition, students from w88 casino not only demonstrated solid basic English skills and interpreting skills, but also fully demonstrated the effectiveness and strength of w88 casino’s English teaching and translation talent training. In the future, our college will continue to encourage and support students to actively participate in subject competitions, using competitions to promote learning, competitions to promote practice, and competitions to promote teaching.
