Question

笔译与口译的区别是什么？

Answer 1

口译与笔译作为翻译的两种实践形式，其关联性不言而喻。如果说口译是上层建筑，那么笔译便是下层建筑。简而言之，口译的基础是笔译。

1. 1. 口译是一种口头表达，一种口头交际，是讲话，因此就必须尽量口语化。笔译是通过笔头，即书面或文字形式，把一种语言表达的思想内容用另一种语言来再现。口译则是通过口头的形式，把一种语言表达的思想内容用另一种语言来再现。口译是一种特殊的口头交际手段，其任务是在不同语言、不同文化的交谈者之间发挥桥梁和纽带作用，使交谈双方感觉不到语言障碍而自由地进行思想交流。

2. 讲话人说完一句话、一段话甚至一整篇后，由译员在现场立即译给听众的口译方式就叫做即席翻译，也称交替传译或连续翻译。笔译通过“读”理解原文，获取信息。笔译人员可以有充分的时间进行斟酌，可以查阅词典和各种工具书，该可以请教他人。因此，笔译要求做到“信、达、雅”，三者。

3. 前面提到口译是一种表达,是讲话,那么对于句子的表现形式的要求自然要更宽松于笔译.在不损坏原意的前提下,口译译员比笔译者有更大的操作自由,在句子形式的处理上,口译的方式和方法也更具灵活性和变通性。

在口译训练或实践之前,笔译要过关(至少必须是同步进行)。这两者不仅并行不悖,而且前者的质量往往在很大程度上决定今后口译水平的高低或发展潜力的大小。口译与笔译虽然翻译形式不同,但有许多共同的基本原理,在一些基本的翻译策略和技巧上,也是一致或相近的。从根本上而言,这两种翻译实践都是受一般的翻译理论与原则的指导或支配,而翻译的一般理论与原则总是在笔译的训练过程中首先得到接受和消化。口译人才的培养若离开笔译训练的基础既是刻舟求剑,也是行之不远的。

Answer 2

Interpreters and translators perform similar tasks, but in different settings. While an interpreter converts any spoken material from one language (the source language) into a different language (the target language), a translator converts written material in the same manner.

Interpreting can occur in a variety of settings, such as conferences, meetings and over the telephone, and can take the form of either simultaneous (performed as the speaker delivers a speech act with the help of interpreting equipment) or consecutive (the interpreter listens to portions of a speech at a time, then interprets the segments as the original speaker is silent).

Translation can also occur in various settings. Translation can occur on any form of written work, including literature, newspapers, contracts, software interfaces, and web sites (which is known as localization).

On the surface, the difference between interpreting and translation is only the difference in the medium: the interpreter translates orally, while a translator interprets written text. Both interpreting and translation presuppose a certain love of language and deep knowledge of more than one language.