Challenges of translation process research at the workplace

Ehrensberger-Dow, Maureen

Publication type:	Conference other
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Title:	Challenges of translation process research at the workplace
Authors:	Ehrensberger-Dow, Maureen
Conference details:	Translation Process Research: Workshop 3, Las Palmas, Spain, 22 January 2013
Issue Date:	2013
Language:	English
Subjects:	Process; Situated activity; Translation; Workplace
Subject (DDC):	331: Labor economics 418.02: Translating and interpreting
Abstract:	Translation usually takes place at translators’ workplaces yet much translation process research refers to data collected under controlled conditions. Pursuant with recent descriptions of translation as a situated activity comes the necessity of investigating that activity where and when it occurs. Some of the challenges associated with investigating translation at the workplace are common to any kind of empirical translation research (e.g. recruiting participants), and many of the methods that have proved useful in the lab have also been applied in the field (e.g. screen recording). However, certain workplace constraints (e.g. client confidentiality) present special challenges. As well, issues concerning appropriate performance measures and comparability of processes need to be resolved. Some solutions found for a workplace research project in Switzerland may be useful in other investigations and might allow new questions to emerge in this developing field.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/4907
Fulltext version:	Published version
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Departement:	Applied Linguistics
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Translation and Interpreting (IUED)
Appears in collections:	Publikationen Angewandte Linguistik

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Ehrensberger-Dow, M. (2013). Challenges of translation process research at the workplace. Translation Process Research: Workshop 3, Las Palmas, Spain, 22 January 2013.

Ehrensberger-Dow, M. (2013) ‘Challenges of translation process research at the workplace’, in Translation Process Research: Workshop 3, Las Palmas, Spain, 22 January 2013.

M. Ehrensberger-Dow, “Challenges of translation process research at the workplace,” in Translation Process Research: Workshop 3, Las Palmas, Spain, 22 January 2013, 2013.

EHRENSBERGER-DOW, Maureen, 2013. Challenges of translation process research at the workplace. In: Translation Process Research: Workshop 3, Las Palmas, Spain, 22 January 2013. Conference presentation. 2013

Ehrensberger-Dow, Maureen. 2013. “Challenges of Translation Process Research at the Workplace.” Conference presentation. In Translation Process Research: Workshop 3, Las Palmas, Spain, 22 January 2013.

Ehrensberger-Dow, Maureen. “Challenges of Translation Process Research at the Workplace.” Translation Process Research: Workshop 3, Las Palmas, Spain, 22 January 2013, 2013.