筆者從2001年開始從事口譯工作和教學，並擔任過一系列重要國際會議的交互傳譯和同聲傳譯。在這方面可以說是頗有心得，由於，篇幅有限，我想針對"高口"的重點和難點，分別就"英譯中"和"中譯英"，給大家四件訓練的法寶，共三十二個字：把握意羣，提升記憶；腦記大意，筆記細節；摸清主幹，苦練視譯；捕捉信息，得"意"忘"形"。英漢口譯由於英語不是我們的母語，所以在英漢口譯中我們碰到最大的障礙不是中文的表達，而是對英語句子的記憶和把握。可以說這就是英漢口譯的門檻。 口譯法寶之一：提升記憶，把握意羣許多參加"高口"培訓的考生都有一個最基本的障礙--聽得懂單詞，卻聽不懂句子。其實，這是他們大腦記憶單位的一種缺陷。任何篇章都由句子組成，而在口譯實踐中，如果簡單地把聽懂單詞、詞組作爲目標，那隻能是"撿了芝麻，丟了西瓜"（Lose the forest for the trees.）其實，攻克英語句子記憶障礙是口譯入門的第一關。我們不妨舉幾個例子：
Eg. 1:. Mr. Green has always been very critical of his daughter's writings, but somehow he gave some favorable comments on this poorly written poem of hers.
這個句子一共有25個單詞，但是意羣卻只有兩個：Mr. Green has always been very critical of his daughter's writings--格林先生對他女兒的寫作非常挑剔；but somehow he gave some favorable comments on this poorly written poem of hers但不知怎的，對她的這首寫得頗爲遜色的詩歌卻給予了肯定。
Eg. 2: According to an agreement reached last Friday with China's Ministry of Electronic Industry, Intel will provide China with technological guidance and standards on the production of personal computers equipped with a Pentium processor to ensure the quality of the products.
這句話一共40個單詞，但意羣只有四個：According to an agreement reached last Friday with China's Ministry of Electronic Industry，根據和中國電子產業部於上週五達成的一項協議；Intel will provide China with technological guidance and standards英特爾公司將向中國提供技術指導和標準；on the production of personal computers（這些指導和標準是）關於生產個人電腦（PC機）的；with a Pentium processor to ensure the quality of the products（這些PC機）配有奔騰處理器，以保證產品的質量。通過，意羣記憶單位，我們只要根據中文的語言特性對它們稍作調整，就可以順利地表達出整個句子的意思。"意羣"記憶法可以迅速提升我們對英語長句的把握。具體練習的方法是：選擇字數在40-50左右的句子，聽兩遍，然後根據意羣，記憶並複述整個句子。例如：It was in October/ when the broad avenues were carpeted with fallen leaves of parasol trees/ and it was in this golden fall/ when colorful and cultural activities of all kinds were on show/ that the Chinese Culture Year was held in France. 這是一個強調句：it was in October和it was in this golden fall可以稍加合併：金秋十月；兩個由when引導的定於從句分別修飾October和golden fall：金色的梧桐樹葉鋪滿了街道，各種豐富多彩的文化活動紛紛登場亮相；最後一個意羣：中國文化節在法國開幕。
1． Among 50,000 children aged 13 to 15 in 12 developing or transitional countries the finds are revealing: 24% of them had tried smoking, 9% they were current smokers. A quarter of those who smoked said they had started before they were 11 years old. It was really an encouraging fact that 68% of them said that they wanted to kick the habit. 雖然這段話只有62個單詞，但是其包含的信息量非常大，具體表現是數字多，平行的信息多。因此，我們應該結合腦記和筆記。筆記部分可以交叉中英文，關鍵是抓住信息。
腦記部分：主題：關於吸菸狀況的研究發現；整體結構：兩組數據，有喜有憂。
筆記部分：50，000 aged13-15 12 developing/transitional countries
findings: 24% try smoking 9% current smokers 25% smokers start<11 // encouraging 68% kick 2． People are greeting the arrival of the new millennium, longing for peace, stability, happiness and success. But many watch it with distress, worry, misgivings and even terror. Indeed we are entering the new century laden with a multitude of unresolved issues left over from the 20th century. (47 words)
腦記部分：主題：進入新世紀的複雜心情以及現實。
筆記部分：新千年
人--long for: 平穩、幸福、成功
但又：憂抑（distress, worry）、惶恐（misgivings, terror）
進入New Century--多issues from 20th Century
當語篇信息密集且並列較多的時候，要儘量採用縱向記錄，提高記錄速度和分辨速度：
3．When the United States senate failed to pass a balanced budget amendment in 1995 the world's currency traders were panicked and started a run on the US dollar, which they believed was already undervalued at least 10% against the Japanese yen. At that time, the dollar fell from 106 yen to less than 80 yen in two weeks. The central banks of the United States, England, Germany, Japan, Switzerland and France, tried to reverse the trend but failed, losing billions in the attempt. It took the dollar more than a year to climb back to its original undervalued rate. (100 words)
