Hedges in conference interpreting The role of gender
Hedges in conference interpreting The role of gender
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DOI：
10.1075/intp.19.1.02mag
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发表时间：
2017-01-01
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1.9
通讯作者：
Defrancq, Bart
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作者：
Magnifico, Cedric;Defrancq, Bart
本文是一个关于同声传译中性别差异的项目的一部分，分析了专业口译员使用模糊限制语可能与性别相关的趋势，并检验了两个假设：(1)同声传译由于处理限制，比原发言包含较少的模糊限制语；(2)与自发性言语的性别差异一致，女性口译员使用模糊限制语的频率高于男性。这项研究利用了根特大学的欧洲议会演讲语料库及其解释。在这里，我们将2008年录制的法语演讲与英语和荷兰语的规避频率进行了比较。统计学比较采用卡方检验。关于第一个假设，标准化频率（每1000个单词的出现次数）的比较表明，在两种语言组合中，口译员使用的模糊限制语明显多于说话者。第二个假设是根据译员的性别比较数据来检验的，并考虑到源文本中模糊限制语的使用频率：在两种目标语言中，女性译员都比男性译员使用模糊限制语，在荷兰语中尤其如此。在可能导致口译员使用模糊限制语的策略（省略、翻译、添加）方面，女性口译员添加的模糊限制语多于男性。讨论了这些模式的可能原因。
This paper, part of a project on gender differences in simultaneous interpreting, analyzes possible gender-related trends in the use of hedges by professional interpreters and examines two hypotheses: (1) simultaneous interpretations, because of processing constraints, contain fewer hedges than the original speeches; (2) consistent with gender differences in spontaneous speech, women interpreters use more hedges than men. The research draws on Ghent University's EPICG corpus of speeches at the European Parliament and their interpretations. Here, French speeches recorded in 2008 were compared with their English and Dutch interpretations in respect of hedging frequency. Statistical comparison was based on the chi-squared test. With regard to the first hypothesis, comparison of normalized frequencies (occurrences per 1000 words) shows that the interpreters in both language combinations used significantly more hedges than the speakers. The second hypothesis was tested by comparing data according to interpreters' gender, factoring in the frequency of hedges in the source texts: women interpreters hedged more than men in both target languages, significantly so in Dutch. Regarding strategies that might account for the interpreters' use of hedges (omission, translation, addition), the women interpreters made more additions than the men. Possible reasons for these patterns are discussed.