A Framework for Decision-Making in Translation

Abstract

Decision-making in translation amounts to an information-processing concept that describes decision-making behaviour in terms of an interaction between the translator's cognitive system; his linguistic, referential, sociocul-tural and situational knowledge bases; the task specification; and the texttype-specific problem space. All four factors together enable the translator to build up an internal problem representation which, once constructed, will profoundly influence the translator's subsequent decision-making performance, taking account of probability ratings which are an important element in many transla-tional decision-making settings. Résumé: La prise de décision en traduction relève d'un concept de traitement d'information qui définit la prise de décision comme une interaction entre le système cognitif du traducteur, les bases de son savoir linguistique, référentiel, socioculturel et situationnel, la description de sa tâche, et les difficultés propres au type textuel. Les quatre facteurs permettent au traducteur de se constituer une représentation interne des problèmes: celle-ci influencera ses prises de décision subséquentes, en ce qu'elle tiendra compte des estimations de probabilité qui jouent un rôle important dans le processus de prise de décision en traduction.

Iranian Instructors’ Practices and Criteria for Teaching English Translation

“…Basically, the purpose of translation teaching/ learning process is to prepare or train the students in order to be a professional translator (Hatim, 2014;Heping, 2008;Wilss, 1989Wilss, , 1994. Teaching translation has been one of the major topics of translation studies.…”

“…Based on a rather comprehensive review of the literature on teaching translation (e.g., Hatim, 2014;Heping, 2008;Kiraly, 2000;Li, 2000aLi, , 2000bPym, 2006;Wilss, 1989Wilss, , 1994, seven areas which have appealed most to researchers in the area were targeted for investigation in the present study. That is, these seven categories were used as the points of reference for discussion of the criteria and practices used by Iranian translation instructors.…”

“…These seven criteria were selected as points of reference for the current investigation because they are believed to be the issues most significant for the process of teaching translation (e.g., Hatim, 2014;Heping, 2008;Kiraly, 2000;Li, 2000aLi, , 2000bPym, 2006;Wilss, 1989Wilss, , 1994.…”

“…Conceptualization and further development of theoretical and practical background for translation training is an area that has attracted much attention in the field of translation studies (e.g., Hatim, 2014;Heping, 2008;Kiraly, 2000;Li, 2000aLi, , 2000bPym, 2006;Wilss, 1989Wilss, , 1994. The aim of this trend of research has been to determine what criteria provide the best platform for designing teaching practices that would result in the most satisfactory outcomes for translation training.…”

The translatability of metaphor in LSP: application of a decision-making model

“…The translator as communicator seeks to maintain coherence by striking the appropriate balance between what is effective and what is efficient in a particular environment, for a particular purpose and for particular receivers (Hatim and Masón, 1997). 4. the translator plays a central role in the translation process, especially under the tenetsof decisión theory (Levy, 1967(Levy, ,1988Jumpeltz, 1988;Wilss, 1981Wilss, ,1994. Since 'decisión theory' plays a pivotal role in this article, we devote the next section to it.…”