“释义”是用他人自己的话语来表达别人的文本，然后引用该文本的名句。作家不想引用太多，所以解释是合乎逻辑的选择。作者的第一步是阅读并进行理解以掌握整个意思。在解释时，必须传达原作者的预期信息。

一个有效的释义的例子是：
· 原文：
· In Miles and Huberman's 1994 book Qualitative Data Analysis, quantitative researcher Fred Kerlinger is quoted as saying, "There's no such thing as qualitative data. Everything is either 1 or 0" (p. 40). To this another researcher, D. T. Campbell, asserts "all research ultimately has a qualitative grounding" (p. 40). This back and forth banter among qualitative and quantitative researchers is "essentially unproductive" according to Miles and Huberman. They and many other researchers agree that these two research methods need each other more often than not. However, because typically qualitative data involves words and quantitative data involves numbers, there are some researchers who feel that one is better (or more scientific) than the other. Another major difference between the two is that qualitative research is inductive and quantitative research is deductive. In qualitative research, a hypothesis is not needed to begin research. However, all quantitative research requires a hypothesis before research can begin. (Colorado State University, 2012, para. 1)

转述文字：
According to Colorado State University (2012), an ongoing debate exists between some researchers as to the merits of qualitative and quantitative research designs. Qualitative research involves words and is inductive, while quantitative research uses numbers and is deductive (Colorado State University, 2012).另一个例子是：

· 原文：
A purpose statement is a declarative sentence, which summarizes the specific topic and goals of a document. It is typically included in the introduction to give the reader an accurate, concrete understanding what the document will cover and what he/she can gain from reading it. To be effective, a statement of purpose should be:
· Specific and precise - not general, broad or obscure
· Concise - one or two sentences
· Clear - not vague, ambiguous or confusing
· Goal-oriented - stated in terms of desired outcomes (Washington.edu, n.d., para.1)

· 转述文字：
· According to Washington.edu (n.d.), an effective purpose statement summarizes the study topic and its goals. The purpose statement is also clear and precise and states what the study will cover and what the reward will be for the reader.

释义会使论文更具可读性，并使其作者变为自己。解释也使读者能够完全理解他或她正在写的内容。一个写得好的文档将会更容易阅读，并能让读者更能够理解。

参考
科罗拉多州立大学 （2012年）。定性与定量的争论。
取自http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/research/gentrans/pop2f.cfm
Washington.edu。（ND）。撰写有效的目的陈述。
取自http://faculty.washington.edu/ezent/imwps.htm