Evolution, Challenges, and Perspectives for Research on Cognitive Aspects of Translation

Alves, Fábio; Albir, Amparo Hurtado

doi:10.1002/9781119241485.ch29

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“…In contrast, multi-method strategies, that is, combinations of several (mostly) data-collection methods to elicit different kinds of data, seem to have become the norm (Alves & Hurtado, 2017;Halverson, 2017). Multi-method research is often confused with mixed methods research and triangulation.…”

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Cognitive Translation Studies: Models and methods at the cutting edge

Xiao¹,

Martín

2021

LANS-TTS

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Several indicators seem to suggest that, through nearly six decades of development, Cognitive Translation Studies (CTS) may be taking shape as an autonomous field of study. The main challenges ahead seem to be building sounder theoretical models and carrying out more rigorous methodological scrutiny. These two strands converge as central themes in the 11 contributions to this special issue of LANS-TTS. To provide a context for theoretical modelling and to frame critical discussions of the methods included in this volume, we first trace the present landscape of CTS and how it evolved so as to test Holmes’ criteria for disciplines: founding new channels of communication and sharing a “disciplinary utopia”. The contributions are arranged into four thematic categories as applied to CTS, namely, scientometrics, framing or reframing our field, the reliability and validity of popular research methods, and new methods or novel approaches. This article closes with a call to reflect on some fundamental issues on the next steps of humankind regarding communication, with ever-growing societal demands and expectations that call for refreshing our notions of translation in the context of increasingly diversified forms of multilectal mediated communication.

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Cognitive Translation Studies: Models and methods at the cutting edge

Xiao¹,

Martín

2021

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“…Consequently, the history of Cognitive Translation Studies is replete with techniques to procure numerical data that reflect various cognitive processes, and many authors have outlined the history of innovation in such research methods (e.g., Alves, 2015;Alves & Hurtado Albir, 2017;Jääskeläinen, 2011;Muñoz Martín, 2017;Shreve & Angelone, 2010b). These histories generally trace the first phase of cognitive studies to the mid-1980s and the predominance of descriptive research based on data collected with think-aloud protocols (TAPs), a method drawn from the field of cognitive psychology (Ericsson & Simon, 1984).…”

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“…If one hopes to identify a current, fourth phase in the field, it might be best characterized by ongoing methodological innovation and triangulation (see Alves & Hurtado Albir, 2017). However, the apparent consensus about the previous three phases can also obscure the diversity of methods, the interdisciplinarity, and the overlapping adoption, which have always characterized Cognitive Translation Studies (Alvstad et al, 2011;O'Brien, 2013).…”

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“…There have been occasional calls for the development of valid and reliable questionnaires (e.g., Alves & Hurtado Albir, 2017), and some discipline-specific scales are available (e.g., Lee, 2014). However, the traditional Likert-type scale has not received the same rigorous treatment and wide application of other methods, such as eye-tracking and keystroke logging.…”

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Methodological considerations for survey research: Validity, reliability, and quantitative analysis

Mellinger

Hanson

2021

LANS-TTS

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As translation and interpreting studies continue to develop cognitive theories of translator and interpreter behavior and processing, there has been increased emphasis on research methods and data collection methodologies to glean new insights into the translation process. This article presents a critical review of survey research methods in Cognitive Translation Studies and argues for their inclusion as a means of better understanding translator and interpreter attitudes, behaviors, perceptions, and values. The article begins with a reflection on measurement and the need for alignment with theoretical frameworks and constructs; then it reviews important considerations when developing theoretically-grounded, empirically-based survey instruments, namely, validity, reliability, measurement invariance, and quantitative analysis. The article concludes with a call for additional methodological reflection on developing and using survey instruments.

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“…In the 1980s and 1990s, Delisle greatly contributed to the professionalisation movement: he repeatedly placed emphasis on the need for "objectifs d'apprentissage" (1980,1990,1993,1998) in translator education. With his "learning outcomes", Delisle presaged the competence discussions that would soon change the face of translator training (Schäffner & Adab, 2000;PACTE, 2002PACTE, , 2003PACTE, , 2016aPACTE, , 2016bAlves & Hurtado-Albir, 2017;Hurtado-Albir, 2007. In order to become a successful translator, a trainee must acquire the competences relevant to translation.…”

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Quality Assurance and Assessment Practices in Translation and Interpreting

Barros¹,

Vandepitte²,

Iglesias-Fernández³

2019

Advances in Linguistics and Communication Studies

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Reliable and valid evaluation of translation quality is one of the fundamental thrusts in present-day applied translation studies. In this chapter, a thumbnail sketch is provided of the developments, in and outside of translation studies, that have contributed to the ubiquity of quality in translation discourse. This sketch reveals that we will probably never stand poised to reliably and validly measure the quality of translation in all its complexity and its ramifications.

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Evolution, Challenges, and Perspectives for Research on Cognitive Aspects of Translation

Cited by 27 publications

References 37 publications

Cognitive Translation Studies: Models and methods at the cutting edge

Cognitive Translation Studies: Models and methods at the cutting edge

Methodological considerations for survey research: Validity, reliability, and quantitative analysis

Quality Assurance and Assessment Practices in Translation and Interpreting

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