DifficultiesinEnglishInterpretationAbstract:Astheworlddeveloping,allcountrieshavecontinuouslystrengthenedthecooperationwithothercountries.Fortherapiddevelopmentofourcountry,ChinaneedstolearntheculturaldifferenceofothercountriesandletothercountriesknowaboutChineseculture.Theseactivitiesmustbebasedoninterpretation.Englishisthemostwidelyusedlanguageintheworld,soEnglishinterpretationisthetoppriorityinthefieldofinterpretation.ThispaperanalysesthedifficultiesofEnglishinterpretationfromtheaspectsofpronunciation,listening,vocabularyandtimelimitation.Keywords:EnglishInterpretation;Pronunciation;Listening;Vocabulary;TimeLimitationI.IntroductionInterpretationisadifficultjobintheforeignlanguageindustry.Interpretationcanbedividedintotwoparts:alternationandsimultaneousinterpretation.Therearemanykindsoftranslation,suchasconferenceinterpretation,whisperinterpretation,accompanyinginterpretationandsoon.Professionalinterpretersneedtohavegoodcomprehensiveforeignlanguageskills,butnotonlythat,theyalsoneedtohavelong-termandsystematiceducation.Peopleoftenthinkthattheycantranslateanycontentsiftheyunderstandaforeignlanguage,butthisideaiswrong.Theabilitytolistenandspeakaforeignlanguageisonlyappliedtodailylife,basicallywithoutspecialpressure,andtheaccuracyofitscontentislimited,anditscontentisverysimpleanddoesnotinvolvetoomuchprofessionalknowledge.However,forprofessionalinterpretation,itsrequirementsarethemoststringent.Interpretationinvolvesdoesnotonlyincludesallfieldsofknowledge,butalsothecontentoftranslation.Therefore,interpretersmustbeexcellentinlistening,speaking,readingandwriting.AsfarasEnglishisconcerned,tobeanexcellentinterpreter,theyneedstoundergoandsurpassthedifficultiesofEnglish.II.DifficultiesA.PronunciationEnglishpronunciationisthecornerstoneofEnglishinterpretation.Peoplecommunicatewitheachotherthroughlanguageandthekeytolanguageispronunciation.AsfaraslearningEnglishisconcerned,difficultyinpronunciationisaprimaryproblem.ChinesepronunciationisdifferentfromEuropean’spronunciation.Tosolvethisproblem,interpretersneedtorememberthe48phoneticsymbolsandusethephoneticmarkerstorecordthewordstoaccuratelygraspthepronunciation.Phoneticsymbolsaredifferentfromspelling,wordsandphoneticsymbolsshouldberememberedatthesametime.Forstudents,theirteacher'spronunciationisalsoparticularlyimportant,becausestudents‘pronunciationfollowstheirteacher's.IntheprocessofEnglishinterpretation,interpretersshouldpayspecialattentiontothecorrectpronunciationofwordswithsimilarpronunciation,becausetherearemanywordspronethatareeasilymispronounceinEnglish,suchassheepandship.Ifinterpretersdonotpayattentiontothisproblem,itmayleadtomisunderstandings.B.ListeningForinterpreters,Englishlisteningisnotonlythemostimportantanddifficulttask,itcanprovetheirtranslationlevel.Infact,interpretationisdifferentfromtranslation.Translationcanhavesufficienttimeandvariousmeanstosolvetheproblemsencounteredduringitsprocess.However,duetotimeconstraints,interpretationisunabletoseekhelp,butalsohasaveryshorttimetothink.Therefore,evenifaninterpreterhasgoodpronunciation,hislisteningisnotnecessarilyabletomeettheaboverequirements.ThekeytoEnglishlisteningliesinthelanguageenvironment.Ifapersonisinagoodlanguageenvironmentforalongtime,hislisteningabilitywillriserapidly.However,forEnglishlistening,theremustbelong-termtraining.Inaddition,thepronunciationandintonati...