| Contents | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-10页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-11页 |
| List of abbreviations | 第11-12页 |
| List of Figures and Tables | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第13-17页 |
| ·Research Background | 第13-14页 |
| ·Research Significance | 第14-15页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Literature Review | 第17-35页 |
| ·Information in its General Sense | 第17-21页 |
| ·Information in interpreting | 第18-19页 |
| ·Information Transmission in Interpreting | 第19-20页 |
| ·Information Loss in Interpreting | 第20-21页 |
| ·Information Studies in Interpreting Abroad | 第21-28页 |
| ·The Overall Development of Interpreting Studies Abroad | 第21-23页 |
| ·Studies about Information Loss Abroad | 第23-28页 |
| ·Summary | 第28页 |
| ·Information Studies in Interpreting at Home | 第28-34页 |
| ·The Overall Development of Interpreting Studies at Home | 第28-31页 |
| ·Studies about Information Loss at Home | 第31-34页 |
| ·Summary | 第34-35页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Theoretical Framework | 第35-49页 |
| ·Models of Interpreting Process | 第35-44页 |
| ·The “Triangular Model” of the Interpretive Theory | 第35-37页 |
| ·Information Processing Models | 第37-40页 |
| ·Daniel Gile’s Effort Model | 第40-44页 |
| ·The Origin of Gile’s Effort Model | 第40页 |
| ·The Development of Gile’s Effort Model | 第40-41页 |
| ·Gile’s Effort Model for Consecutive Interpreting | 第41-43页 |
| ·Gile’s Tightrope Hypothesis and Information Loss | 第43-44页 |
| ·Interpreting Quality Evaluation | 第44-48页 |
| ·Quality Evaluation Criteria in Interpreting | 第44-45页 |
| ·Information Unit in Interpreting Quality Evaluation | 第45-46页 |
| ·The Method to Assess Fidelity of Information Transmission in Interpreting | 第46-48页 |
| ·Summary | 第48-49页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Research Procedure | 第49-53页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第49页 |
| ·Subjects | 第49-50页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第50-51页 |
| ·Tape-recording | 第50页 |
| ·Interview | 第50-51页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第51页 |
| ·Test Materials Selected | 第51-52页 |
| ·Pilot Study | 第52页 |
| ·Main Study and Data Collection | 第52-53页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Data Analysis and Discussions | 第53-73页 |
| ·Loyalty Rate of Total Information Transmission of Each Subject | 第53-54页 |
| ·Causes of Information Loss | 第54-61页 |
| ·Attentional Resources Saturation | 第54-56页 |
| ·Inadequate Working Language Competence | 第56-57页 |
| ·Unfavorable Memory Ability | 第57-58页 |
| ·Insufficient Note-taking Skill | 第58-60页 |
| ·High Information Density of the Source Speech | 第60-61页 |
| ·Correlation between Information Loss and the Various Causes | 第61-70页 |
| ·Correlation between Information Loss and the Various Causes | 第62-68页 |
| ·Questionnaire analysis | 第68-70页 |
| ·Countermeasures for Information Loss | 第70-73页 |
| ·Minimizing the Processing Capacity Requirement of Each Effort | 第70-71页 |
| ·Optimizing the Allocation of Total Attentional Resources Available | 第71-73页 |
| Chapter Ⅵ Conclusions | 第73-75页 |
| ·Findings of the Study | 第73-74页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第74页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Studies | 第74-75页 |
| Bibliography | 第75-79页 |
| Appendices | 第79-89页 |
| Appendix1: Handout before the Test | 第79-81页 |
| Appendix2: Handout in the Interview | 第81-82页 |
| Appendix3: Test Material for the Pilot Study | 第82-84页 |
| Appendix4: Test Material for the Main Study | 第84-86页 |
| Appendix5: Questionnaire | 第86-89页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第89页 |
