Evidence of Parallel Processing During Translation

Balling, Laura Winther; Hvelplund, Kristian Tangsgaard; Sjørup, Annette C.

doi:10.7202/1027474ar

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“…The sight translation requires a greater amount of parallel efforts (see also Balling, Hvelplund & Sjørup, 2014) because it is less discrete. The interpreter has to simultaneously perceive the source text, analyse it, make translation decisions and generate the target text, providing for its relatively fl uent and loud production without unmotivated pauses, false starts, repetitions, self-corrections and reformulations.…”

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Processes of Translation and Interpreting from a Native into a Foreign Language: Psycholinguistic Aspects

Chernovaty

Kovalchuk

2020

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The aim of the paper deals with the preliminary verification of D. Gile’s (2009) hypothesis (Effort Model) concerning the dependence of the translation quality not only on the command of the two languages involved, but also on the degree of the translator’s or interpreter’s processing mechanism saturation. The methods of the research included a comparative analysis of two target texts (English) translated by the same subjects from the same non-fiction source text (Ukrainian) related to the domain of law. The said source text was first rendered into English orally (sight translation) and then translated in the written form within a predetermined time limit. The subjects, first-year MA students majoring in Translation, whose command of English ranged between B2 and C1 levels within the CEF classification, were properly motivated to achieve the maximum possible result. The analysis of both English target texts (oral and written) was based on a number of parameters, which included the preservation of the source text information in the target texts, their grammar and lexical accuracy, as well as their coherence. The sight translation analysis additionally assessed fluency, while the written translation – orthographic control. Results. It was established that the preservation of the source text information in the target texts is equally high in both types of translation. The same is generally true concerning their grammar and lexical accuracy as well. A slight growth of the number of mistakes in the article use and an insignificant amount of more elementary errors, non-compatible with the subjects’ level of English, may be accounted for by the restricted monitoring capacity in sight translation due to the processing mechanism saturation. By coherence criterion, the sight translation target text does not meet the requirements of the B2+ level the written translation target text belongs to. In some fragments, it slides down to level B1 or even A2, especially in relation to fluency, whose quality is often deteriorated by unmotivated pauses, false starts, repetitions, self-corrections and reformulations. Conclusions. The authors suggest an assumption that the said deterioration in sight translation is accounted for by a higher degree of simultaneous efforts concentration in it as compared with the written translation. The paper outlines the prospects of further research.

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Processes of Translation and Interpreting from a Native into a Foreign Language: Psycholinguistic Aspects

Chernovaty

Kovalchuk

2020

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“…So, while reading and typing rely on intentional initiation, the continuation of these activities can occur automatically. Moreover, increasing evidence suggests that possible lexical candidates in the TL are automatically identified already during source text (ST) reading (e.g., Ruiz et al 2008;Balling et al 2014;Schaeffer et al 2016). In essence, target text (TT) processing is (partly) automated.…”

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Cognitive efficiency in translation

Hvelplund

2016

Reembedding Translation Process Research

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This article concerns the cognitive mechanisms that underlie the efficient allocation of cognitive resources during the translation process. Three indicators of efficient resource allocation are outlined and examined as correlates of translation expertise: flexibility, automaticity, and processing flow. Analyses of eye tracking and keylogging data from two groups of translatorsprofessional translators and student translators-reveal that the more experienced group performs more efficiently. Professionals exhibit greater variation in attention unit duration, indicating greater cognitive flexibility and adaptability, while analysis of pupillary data suggests a lower cognitive load on professional translators' cognitive systems. The two groups of translators exhibit different processing flow patterns. The study demonstrates that analyses of cognitive flexibility, cognitive automaticity, and processing flow are useful to determine processing efficiency in translation.

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“…In TS, even that number is often more than is feasible, but given the variability in translator behaviour we would recommend at least ten participants, and more in an independent groups design (though we have been guilty of going below that number ourselves, cf. Jensen et al 2009;Balling et al 2014).…”

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Design and Statistics in Quantitative Translation (Process) Research

Balling¹,

Hvelplund²

2015

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Traditionally, translation research has been qualitative, but quantitative research is becoming increasingly important, especially in translation process research but also in other areas of translation studies. This poses problems to many translation scholars since this way of thinking is unfamiliar. In this article, we attempt to mitigate these problems by outlining our approach to good quantitative research, all the way from research questions and study design to data preparation and statistics. We concentrate especially on the nature of the variables involved, both in terms of their scale and their role in the design; this has implications for both design and choice of statistics. Although we focus on quantitative research, we also argue that such research should be supplemented with qualitative analyses and considerations of the translation product.

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Evidence of Parallel Processing During Translation

Cited by 38 publications

References 30 publications

Processes of Translation and Interpreting from a Native into a Foreign Language: Psycholinguistic Aspects

Processes of Translation and Interpreting from a Native into a Foreign Language: Psycholinguistic Aspects

Cognitive efficiency in translation

Design and Statistics in Quantitative Translation (Process) Research

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