Anticipation in liaison and consecutive interpretation

Conference interpreting being the king, it comes as no surprise that the matter of anticipation seems not to be covered in anyway for consecutive and liaison, beyond stressing that anticipation is important. But what is anticipation in the setting of consecutive, delayed delivery? Anticipation may directly impact the action of note taking and the balance between note taking and focused listening, because good anticipation comes with nodding, "unsurprised" as if in waiting for the implicit to be turned explicit by the speaker.

In business settings, the conditions for anticipation to work is probably directly linked to the understanding of the setting, the dynamics of business being developed and expanded, pondered and discussed It is part knowledge of the subject and part on the spot of the understanding of the inner working or the dynamics at play. It is linked to the understanding of who does what for what. Very often, and especially in Japanese as the untold part of the discourse is often different, or felt to be different, difficulties arise when the interpreter who doesn't know what happen in a previous meeting stall on a piece of information where the load of implicit is too heavy. Reframing the setting by asking for a two word briefing on the subject is the standard strategy to deliver in liaison. In consecutive, of when liaison turns into consecutive, that is, utterances go past some length I have never measured, the timing of asking for clarification the spot is more delicate to manage but mandatory all the same. It should come at the end of the utterance and be swiftly managed forcibly by the interpreter so that the break into communication flow is not felt as a big hindrance, or worse, as a suggestion that the interpreter can't do her job. Attitude is essential then and the sheepish uneasy air of a beginner interpreter (including the never-ending beginner) is one to avoid at all cost. Stealth attitude and quick crunching of whatever bits of clarification the speaker may provide is a sure way to maintain, if not raise the degree of legitimization of the interpreter. As this is jolt down while thinking, and deemed very important to me at a time where interpretation must be delivered quicker than ever, I will try later and ponder more slowly and deeper on the strategic consequences of anticipation in liaison and consecutive as well, and how anticipation could be trained beyond stressing the importance of awareness toward it.