Indicators of translation competence: Translators' self-concepts and the translation of titles

dc.creator	Maureen Ehrensberger-Dow & Gary Massey
dc.date	2013-06-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:06:50Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:06:50Z
dc.identifier	2030-1006
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/f7571f1d9d714446a17facd171e1c388
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/10777
dc.description	The parallels between writing research and translation process research range from the objects of study (text producers and texts) to the methods employed in investigating them. Similarly to writing research, translation studies has recently moved from an almost exclusive focus on products towards considering workplace and cognitive processes and the effects of those processes on the quality of products. In this paper, we outline how the methods common to both fields can be applied to the investigation of translators' understanding of their roles and responsibilities as text producers and their treatment of the specific problem of title translation. The data are drawn from a corpus built up in an longitudinal research project about the relationship of translation competence and the translation process. The multi-method approach we use combines keystroke logging, screenshot recording, eye-tracking, retrospection, and interviews. It allows us to monitor translators at their workplace in as controlled and non-invasive a manner as possible. It also provides rich data that make it possible to infer the practices and metalinguistic awareness that characterize the translation competence of translators with different levels of experience.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Antwerp
dc.relation	http://jowr.org/Ccount/click.php?id=68
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2030-1006
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND
dc.source	Journal of Writing Research , Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 103-131 (2013)
dc.subject	retrospection
dc.subject	translation
dc.subject	multi-method
dc.subject	Philology. Linguistics
dc.subject	P1-1091
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.subject	DOAJ:Linguistics
dc.subject	DOAJ:Languages and Literatures
dc.subject	Psychology
dc.subject	BF1-990
dc.subject	Philosophy. Psychology. Religion
dc.subject	B
dc.subject	DOAJ:Psychology
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Philology. Linguistics
dc.subject	P1-1091
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.subject	DOAJ:Linguistics
dc.subject	DOAJ:Languages and Literatures
dc.subject	Psychology
dc.subject	BF1-990
dc.subject	Philosophy. Psychology. Religion
dc.subject	B
dc.subject	DOAJ:Psychology
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Philology. Linguistics
dc.subject	P1-1091
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.subject	Psychology
dc.subject	BF1-990
dc.subject	Philosophy. Psychology. Religion
dc.subject	B
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Philology. Linguistics
dc.subject	P1-1091
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.subject	Psychology
dc.subject	BF1-990
dc.subject	Philosophy. Psychology. Religion
dc.subject	B
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Philology. Linguistics
dc.subject	P1-1091
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.subject	Psychology
dc.subject	BF1-990
dc.subject	Philosophy. Psychology. Religion
dc.subject	B
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Indicators of translation competence: Translators' self-concepts and the translation of titles
dc.type	article