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This paper aims to present and discuss the findings of the author’s PhD thesis on consecutive interpreting in context (Eraslan 2011). After putting forth the rationale for and laying the foundations to the study, it will provide part of the results pertaining to the analysis of the real-life interpreting performance of an interpreter at two events within the same macro-context. The events will be described within a multi-layer approach to context. Thus, the institutional, socio-cultural, and situational contexts will be briefly mentioned. The discussion will focus on the involvement and active role of the interpreter reflected at the utterance level through the differences between the original speech and the target speech framed as divergent renditions (Wadensjö 1998) at two events. These divergent renditions include instances where the interpreter employs various strategies in the interaction, taking an active role and assuming responsibility depending on user expectations as well as contextual and situational factors.

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