Psycho-physiological Components in English-to-Chinese Interpreting Training: A Comparative Study

This empirical study was designed to assess the influence of psycho-physiological components in English-to-Chinese interpreting course. Based on PACET’s model of translation competence and its depiction of psycho-physiological components, and with an aim to gain insights into the underlying effective interpretation strategies used by learns to overcome psycho-physiological uneasiness, the study adopted the method of comparative analysis on the differences between student and professional interpreters’ strategy-choosing. The study examined how professional and student interpreters perform interpretation from the perspective of psycho-physiology and what attributes to their different strategic choice. Based on the analysis, the results were obtained and the conclusions were drawn about the influences of psycho-physiological components in learners’ interpreting process.