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Chinese–English Interpreting and Intercultural Communication

Introduction Revisiting intercultural communication Language Culture Interculture and interculturality Communication Intercultural communication Competence for intercultural communication A framework for intercultural communication research Intercultural discourse Intercultural frames Intercultural models Intercultural agency Intercultural schemas Intercultural strategies Inter-Culturality Framework (ICF) and interpreting Conclusion References Mediated intercultural communication involving Chinese speakers and English speakers Profiling Chinese and English speakers Chinese language(s) and Chinese speakers World Englishes and English speakers Intercultural pragmatics and communication practices of Chinese and English speakers Interculturalpragmatics of Chinese and English speakers Communication practices of Chinese and English speakers Communicative events and non-verbal communication Mediated intercultural communication practices through Chinese-English interpreters Positioning and agency of an interpreter The changing roles of an interpreter Conclusion References The interpreted interaction What is interpreting?Theoretical conceptualizations of interpreting Fields and modes of interpreting Situational and positional aspects of interpreting The role(s) of the interpreter Contemporary role(s) of the interpreter Settings of interpreting Conference interpreting Diplomatic interpreting Media interpreting Business interpreting Police, legal and court interpreting Police-witness interviews Court interpreting Healthcare interpreting Untrained interpreters and ad-hoc interpreting Cultural mediation and interpreters Conclusion Note References Chinese–English interpreter-mediated interactions Multi-perspective data of Chinese-English interpreted interactions ‘Chinesespeakers’, ‘English speakers’ and ‘Chinese-English interpreters’Informants and samples Situational features within the interpreter-mediated interaction Introductions, role explanation, pre-interactional briefings Introductions Role explanation Pre-interactional briefing on features relevant to intercultural communication Summary’ of findings Physical proximity and proxemics, small talk as an opener, body language Physical proximity’ and proxemics Small talk as an opener Body language and facial expressions Summary’ of findings Information presentation and elicitation, and discursive ‘directness’Information presentation and elicitation Discursive ‘directness’Summary of findings Leave-taking Metalinguistic awareness and language-transfer features Conclusion References Findings and implications for intercultural communication and for Chinese–English interpreting Summary of findings Implications for Chinese-English interpreting Implications for intercultural communication References

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