Study on Anticipation in Simultaneous Interpretation: Classification and Features

Abstract

Abstract

Anticipation, no matter whether as a strategy or a phenomenon, plays a crucial role in field simultaneous interpretation and has drawn considerable attention of scholars. However, the study on anticipation is far from being systematic and thorough, and agreements are hard to achieve on some issues related to anticipation among different scholars. This paper deals with some basic issues of anticipation in simultaneous interpretation such as the definition, classification and features of anticipation, in hope that this paper can cast some light on the understanding of anticipation in simultaneous interpretation and can invite more attention and studies to anticipation in simultaneous interpretation. Key words: anticipation; simultaneous interpretation; classification; features.