Explicitation In Consecutive Interpreting And Related Strategies

Interpreting values meaning over language devices.Explicitation is a manifestation of this principle.Interpreters need to peel through the appearances of words and sentences to lay bare the real message in a succinct and explicit way.But good explicitation is a delicate balancing-act.Interpreting cannot stay on the face value but sometimes rhetorical devices themselves carry important messages;discarding all these devices can risk losing messages.Achieving the “goldilock scenario “,neither too much nor too little explicitation is a skill all interpreters have to acquire.This thesis first touches on the two types of explicitation,explicitation of words or phrases and explicitation of logic.The former includes three subcategories: explicitation of metaphors,explicitation of theories,explicitation of proper noun or phrases.The latter can be achieved in multiple ways.Adding connecting devices,editing texts,reorganizing sentences,changing sentence structures are all methods that can be employed for the purpose.However,interpreters should avoid overdoing it.Explicitation should produce easy-to-understand,clear messages without sacrificing speakers' intention to use rhetorical devices in the first place.Interpreters can acquire this skill by perfecting their ability to analyse logic of speech,express things in different ways and building an arsenal of knowledge so that they can do explicitation better.