L’ergonomie, nouveau paradigme pour la traductologie

Lavault-Olléon, Élisabeth

doi:10.4000/ilcea.1078

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“…Buzelin 2005, 2007, Abdallah 2014) and recent work by Olohan (2017), who applies practice theory to the setting of an in-house translation department. Approaches with an ergonomics orientation, pioneered in theoretical terms by Lavault-Olléon (2011a, 2011b, have explored the physical, cognitive and organisational dimensions of ergonomics in the translator's workplace (e.g. , Ehrensberger-Dow & Massey 2019.…”

Section: Applied Translation Studies: Interdiscipline or Transdiscipline?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Applied translation studies and transdisciplinary action research: Understanding, learning and transforming translation in professional contexts

Massey

2021

Russian Journal of Linguistics

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Proceeding from accepted shared definitions of applied linguistics that stress its practical, real-world orientation and instrumentality, this article seeks to move the focus from the interdisciplinarity that has been identified as the nexus of translation studies in the past to how its applied branches should systematically engage with an emerging transdisciplinary research paradigm. It argues that the shift can and will be a key factor, challenge and opportunity in the onward development of applied translation studies as it seeks to adequately address the situated realities of professional translation. The article reveals how transdisciplinarity, operationalised as action research, offers a viable framework for investigating, understanding and learning about what translators really do in working contexts and settings, with a view to identifying issues, improving practices, processes and performance, and ultimately transforming the profession for the good of those it employs and serves. In doing so, it considers approaches from cognitive translatology, based largely on a 4EA cognitive paradigm, and translatorial linguistic ethnography, where researchers are gradually but progressively going out into the field to explore and describe the complex socio-cognitive, socio-technical activity of translation in situ. After presenting a use case from a large-scale research project on translation ergonomics at the authors home institution, the article puts forward a model for transdisciplinary action research in professional settings to guide the necessary transition from interdisciplinarity to transdisciplinarity. Such a model would allow professional processes and practices to be investigated, and the findings productively and transformatively applied, in the situated socio-cognitive and socio-technical contexts of translators workplaces - within, for, with and by the organisations that employ them.

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Section: Applied Translation Studies: Interdiscipline or Transdiscipline?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Applied translation studies and transdisciplinary action research: Understanding, learning and transforming translation in professional contexts

Massey

2021

Russian Journal of Linguistics

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“…Buzelin 2005Buzelin , 2007Abdallah 2014) and recent work by Olohan (2017) applying practice theory to the setting of an in-house translation department. Approaches with an ergonomics orientation, pioneered in theoretical terms by Lavault-Olléon (2011a), have explored the physical, cognitive and organizational dimensions of ergonomics in the translator's workplace (e.g. Ehrensberger-Dow and Massey 2019;.…”

Section: From Interdisciplinarity To Transdisciplinarity In Applied T...mentioning

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“…Buzelin 2007;Olohan 2017) and ergonomic (e.g. Lavault-Olléon 2011a, 2011b. The growing momentum of workplace studies is partly due to advances in research tools and practices, but first and foremost to the broadening impact of an emerging but largely implicit transdisciplinary research framework.…”

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Transitioning from Interdisciplinarity to Transdisciplinarity in Applied Translation Studies: Towards Transdisciplinary Action Research in Translators’ Workplaces

Massey¹

2021

Journal of Translation Studies

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Since the beginnings of translation studies, applied translation research has set out to address the practices, processes and products of translation in both work and education. The contexts in which these are realized are embedded in broader sociotechnical systems as well as in the specific settings where translation is performed. Although the situated nature of professional translation is uncontroversial and suggests that it should be investigated in situ, workplace-based, organization-oriented research in applied translation studies is a relatively recent and still under-developed phenomenon. The nascent interest in it is partly due to advances in research tools and practices, but mostly to an emerging but still largely implicit transdisciplinary research framework. This article argues that the actual and potential impact of transdisciplinarity should frame translation research more explicitly. It considers how the growing diversification of professional translation and its convergence with other communication professions calls for applied translation studies to adjust to new realities. It explores current developments in professional translation practice, presents a use case of workplace-based research, and concludes with a model of transdisciplinary action research that can serve as a structured framework for investigating and learning from rapidly evolving professional processes and practices in translators’ sociotechnical workplaces.

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“…Although the EMT (2017) refers to ergonomics, it only mentions physical and organizational aspects. The perspective taken in an ergonomic approach to professional translation and training is broader, because it also encompasses cognitive, environmental and social aspects (Lavault-Olléon 2011;O'Brien 2012;Ehrensberger-Dow and Jääskeläinen 2019).…”

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The ergonomics of translation tools: understanding when less is actually more

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Ehrensberger‐Dow

2020

The Interpreter and Translator Trainer

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Professional translation and consequently translation training involve a wide range of general-purpose technological aids as well as specifically-designed translation tools. In response to market demands, a great deal of effort has been devoted to developing and implementing features in such tools that can contribute to higher consistency, productivity and quality. There has been less attention paid to the needs of learners and actual users, however. Previous research with professional translators at the workplace suggests that there is potential to optimize the ergonomics of certain features of computer-aided translation tools currently on the market. An exploratory study of the usability of two such tools with very different interfaces was carried out with students enrolled in a Master of Arts (MA) program in translation. Quantitative measures from process monitoring software and qualitative indicators from post-task interviews highlight how students interacted with the two tools as they translated comparable source texts. The global process measures and the subjective comments suggest that the CAT tool with the leaner interface might be easier for students to use. In-depth analyses of three pairs of comparable segments support this finding, as do the evaluations of the target text segments by a separate cohort of MA students. We consider the implications of our findings in light of recent calls for improved cognitive, physical, and organizational ergonomics at the translation workplace. In conclusion, we make recommendations for incorporating ergonomic considerations into technology modules in translator training.

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L’ergonomie, nouveau paradigme pour la traductologie

Cited by 23 publications

References 8 publications

Applied translation studies and transdisciplinary action research: Understanding, learning and transforming translation in professional contexts

Applied translation studies and transdisciplinary action research: Understanding, learning and transforming translation in professional contexts

Transitioning from Interdisciplinarity to Transdisciplinarity in Applied Translation Studies: Towards Transdisciplinary Action Research in Translators’ Workplaces

The ergonomics of translation tools: understanding when less is actually more

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