口译研究的路径与方法: 回顾与前瞻

从目前国内期刊上发表的文章来看,我国的口译研究仍处在初级阶段,不少文章仍以主观推测和实践经验总结为主,尤其是研究方法不够科学,研究结果往往未经过系统的理论推演或实证分析的方式进行验证。本文总结了西方口译研究的发展路径和研究方法,从中可以看出:口译研究的总体发展路径正在向跨学科的多元式研究扩展;口译研究的方法由原来的主观推测和实践经验总结向以数据为基础的客观描写和实证分析转变。

This paper reviews the major approaches and methods of interpreting studies throughout its history, from which we can see that interpreting studies are developing towards interdisciplinarity and the research methodology is evolving from objective speculation based on experience to objective description and empirical analysis based on data. Such retrospect and prospect may provide valuable guidance to interpreting researchers in China, whose research is in nee d of improvement in r e search methodology.