The study indicates that before the COVID-19 pandemic, despite its importance, distance interpreter training (DIT) was not positively perceived or widely used in higher education institutions that offer Bachelor of Translation and Interpreting (BTI) and/or Master of Translation and Interpreting (MTI) programs in China. However, the pandemic has changed almost everything in the world, with no exception of DIT, prompting the authors to have a follow-up study in August 2020 of the same 14 full-time interpreting teachers from different BTI and MTI institutions in different parts of China who had been interviewed right before the pandemic. This interview-based comparative study shows that all the interviewees used DIT during the pandemic shutdown and their perceptions of DIT have altered greatly, becoming more objective than subjective and more positive than negative. The pandemic has, to some extent, boosted the further development and acceptance of both the online and blended approaches to interpreter training.
The release of China MOOCs Action Declaration signifies the strategic role of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in China's national education. Compared with traditional face-to-face instruction, MOOCs have distinctive advantages, such as their large scale, openness, accessibility, flexibility and convenience, so they have shown great development momentum since the very beginning. However, translation and interpreting (TI) MOOCs in China have started relatively late, with limited numbers and types of courses offered and only sporadic studies, especially in-depth empirical research, on existing courses. By adopting a mixed-methods approach involving both desk research of TI MOOCs on 10 major MOOC platforms and in-depth interviews of two teachers and 10 students with TI MOOC teaching or learning experience, this study explores the status quo, problems, and future development of TI MOOCs in China. It is hoped that this paper will shed some light on the research and development (R&D), and application of TI MOOCs, as well as on reforms and innovations of TI education in China and other similar contexts.
The interaction mechanism between micropiles and soil landslides is comprehensively investigated through static model tests and numerical simulations. The results show that the deformation damage mode of micropiles is mainly bending and shear damage. Because of bending deformation, cracks appear at the rear and front of the pile, respectively, about three times the pile diameter from the sliding surface. In addition, the plastic damage becomes more severe when approaching the back edge of the landslide body. Micropiles in the landslide body play a significant role in load sharing; more importantly, there is a certain pattern between the miniature piles. According to the experimental and numerical simulation results, the recommended load-sharing ratio for micropile design under static conditions is as follows: rear-row pile:middle-row pile:front-row pile = 0.411:0.348:0.241. The research in this paper reveals the good effect of micropiles against landslides, explains the mechanism of pile–soil interaction, and provides a theoretical reference for the research and application of micropiles in engineering.
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