【Abstract】Videoconference interpreting is a method and a concept frequently used in the foreign countries， especially in the west， to provide services for the public. However， videoconference interpreting is barely adopted in China or even scarcely known by the public. Therefore， the main purpose of this article is to demonstrate what the videoconference interpreting is and to analyse obstacles encountered in the process of interpreting. And relevant suggestions to cope with these difficulties will be briefly discussed in this paper.
　　【Key words】videoconference interpreting; comments; obstacles; suggestions
　　【作者簡介】宋欣颖，遵义师范学院外国语学院。
　　Ⅰ. Introduction of Videoconference Interpreting
　　With the boom of information and communication technology， virtual communication is introduced in people’s normal lives and it is developing at a staggering rate. Communication tools （such as smart phones， tablets， email etc.） and the Internet enable virtual communication to be used worldwide （van der Vlis 2011）. Sabine Braun and Judith L. Taylor have mentioned in one of their studies that video-mediated interpreting is widely used in conference interpreting， healthcare cases， business settings， as well as court rooms， though supporting studies of this kind of interpreting mode are still limited （Braun