On the Consecutive Interpreting of Chinese Governmental Discourse from the Perspective of Adaptation Theory: The Interpreting of Premier Li Keqiang Meets the Press in 2022 as an Example

The consecutive interpreting of governmental discourse shoulders the responsibility to represent official stance country, and seriousness puts forward higher standards for output: interpreters should reasonably choose adapt various internal external factors both source language target in order assume role an accurate, authoritative, immediate intermediary information transfer. Adaptation theory just provides with making choices adaptations. Taking Verschueren’s adaptation as theoretical framework, this study analyzes Premier Li Keqiang Meets Press 2022, a representative example Chinese discourse, from angles contextual correlates adaptability, structural objects salience processes, aiming explore how could through reveal theory’s standard guidance interpreting.