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| Title: | A corpus-based investigation of explicitation patterns between professional and student interpreters in Chinese-English consecutive interpreting | Authors: | Tang, F Li, D |
Issue Date: | 2017 | Source: | Interpreter and translator trainer, 2017, v. 11, no. 4, p. 373-395 | Abstract: | This paper investigates the influence of interpreters’ expertise on their explicitation patterns in Chinese to English (C-E) consecutive interpreting (CI). An analysis of the performance, notes and retrospection of 12 professional interpreters and 12 student interpreters revealed the following common features: 1) the majority of explicitations are of experiential natureMergeCell 2) most explicitations are for clarificationMergeCell 3) it is common for interpreters to explicitate to make up for competence insufficiency. Additionally, based on differences identified between the two groups, the study revealed the following tendencies: 1) tendency of clarification: professional interpreters tend to clarify the original informationMergeCell 2) tendency of cohesion enhancement: professional interpreters tend to add conjunctive adjuncts to enhance cohesionMergeCell 3) tendency of subjective reinforcement: professionals tend to reinforce the speaker’s attitude by adding attitudinal information or intensifiersMergeCell 4) tendency to use explicitation as a strategy to make up for inadequate interpreting competency: student interpreters tend to explicitate for time-management and gap-filling purposes. This descriptive study of explicitation based on a self-built corpus of professional and student interpreters’ interpreting products may provide insight for interpreter training. | Keywords: | Chinese to English consecutive interpreting Corpus-based investigation Explicitation patterns Professional interpreters Student interpreters |
Publisher: | Centre for Tourism Research & Development | Journal: | Interpreter and translator trainer | ISSN: | 1750-399X | DOI: | 10.1080/1750399X.2017.1379647 | Rights: | © 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in The Interpreter and Translator Trainer on 20 Sep 2017 (Published online), available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/1750399X.2017.1379647 |
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