| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in English | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| List of Figures & Tables | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-13页 |
| ·Need for the Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Overview of the Thesis | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第13-27页 |
| ·Process of Consecutive Interpretation | 第13-18页 |
| ·Interpretive Theory of Paris School | 第13-15页 |
| ·Daniel Gile’s Effort Model | 第15-17页 |
| ·Liu Minhua’s CI Process | 第17-18页 |
| ·Interpreting Process and its Relation to Psycholinguistics and Cognitive Psychology | 第18-24页 |
| ·Sentence/Discourse Comprehension and Memory | 第18-20页 |
| ·Memory in Cognitive Psychology | 第20-24页 |
| ·Related Empirical Studies on C-E/E-C Interpretation | 第24-27页 |
| ·Studies Focused on C-E/E-C Difference and Conversion | 第24-25页 |
| ·Studies Focused on the Cognitive Aspect of SI/CI | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter 3 Features of the Chinese Officialese | 第27-33页 |
| ·Linguistic Features of the Chinese Officialese | 第27-31页 |
| ·Subjectless Sentence | 第28页 |
| ·Paratactic Sentence | 第28-29页 |
| ·Left-branching Attributes and Adverbials | 第29页 |
| ·Four-character Structure | 第29-30页 |
| ·Long-distance Dependency Sentence | 第30页 |
| ·Parataxis | 第30-31页 |
| ·Information Density of the Chinese Officialese | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter 4 Methodology | 第33-44页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第33页 |
| ·Research Design | 第33-44页 |
| ·Subjects | 第33-34页 |
| ·Interpreting Task and Research Methods | 第34-36页 |
| ·Date Collection | 第36-37页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第37-44页 |
| Chapter 5 Results and Discussion | 第44-82页 |
| ·Difficulties that the Interpreters are Faced with | 第44-73页 |
| ·Difficulties in the Analyzing and Comprehension Stage | 第44-50页 |
| ·Difficulties in the Memorizing and Note-taking Stage | 第50-58页 |
| ·Difficulties in the Remembering and Note-reading Stage | 第58-63页 |
| ·Difficulties in the Interpreting Stage | 第63-70页 |
| ·Difficulty Frequency and Relations between Various Difficulties | 第70-73页 |
| ·The Possible Factors behind the Difficulties in Interpreting the Chinese Officialese | 第73-82页 |
| ·Complex Chinese Sentence Structure | 第73-76页 |
| ·High Information Density | 第76-78页 |
| ·Parataxis | 第78-79页 |
| ·English Proficiency | 第79-80页 |
| ·Note-taking Skills | 第80-82页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第82-86页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第82-83页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implication | 第83-84页 |
| ·Research Limitations and Suggestions for Future Researches | 第84-86页 |
| References | 第86-89页 |
| Appendix I Original Chinese Passages | 第89-90页 |
| Appendix II Questions for the Semi-structured Interview | 第90-91页 |
| Appendix III Analysis of the Sample Text in Terms of Information Unit | 第91-93页 |
| Appendix IV Interpretation Transcriptions of Eight Subjects | 第93-101页 |
