区域差距和中国大陆翻译水平的可持续发展:基于统计和地理信息系统的研究
Tianyuan Xu1, Ling Xue1, Hengxing Xiang2
1School of Foreign Studies, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
PloS one
|March 29, 2024
概括
中国的英语口译技能不均,南部和东部地区的表现优于北部和西部地区. 这种不平衡影响了可持续发展,需要有针对性的改进战略.
科学领域:
- 语言学的语言学.
- 翻译研究 翻译研究
- 地理信息系统 (GIS) 是指地理信息系统.
背景情况:
- 在全球化背景下,口译对于国际沟通至关重要.
- 中国地区发展不均导致英语口译能力的差异.
- 之前的研究已经发现了这些区域不平衡,但没有解决这些问题.
研究的目的:
- 评估和绘制中国大陆地区的区域英语口译水平.
- 开发和应用一个创新的指标系统来衡量口译能力.
- 为翻译行业提供数据驱动的洞察力,以促进翻译行业的可持续发展.
主要方法:
- 文献审查和与利益相关者进行的实证问卷调查.
- 开发一个具有3个一级和7个二级因子的新型指标系统.
- 因子分析,间隔标记,GIS,以及用于数据分析和可视化的统计技术.
主要成果:
- 建立了一个指标系统来衡量区域英语口译水平.
- 来自38个区域组的数据显示,熟练程度存在显著差异.
- 地理信息系统 (GIS) 地图显示,中国南部和东部的翻译水平更高.
结论:
- 中国的英语口译能力在地理上不均,偏向南方和东方地区.
- 当前的差异对口译行业的未来可持续发展构成挑战.
- 该研究为有针对性的干预提供了基础,以促进均衡的区域口译发展.
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