Socio-technical issues in professional translation practice

Ehrensberger-Dow, Maureen; Massey, Gary

doi:10.1075/bct.105.06ehr

Publication type:	Book part
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	Socio-technical issues in professional translation practice
Authors:	Ehrensberger-Dow, Maureen Massey, Gary
et. al:	No
DOI:	10.1075/bct.105.06ehr
Published in:	Translation practice in the field : current research on socio-cognitive processes
Page(s):	105
Pages to:	122
Issue Date:	2019
Series:	Benjamins Current Topics
Series volume:	105
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	John Benjamins
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Amsterdam
ISBN:	978-90-272-0397-7 978-90-272-6219-6
Language:	English
Subjects:	Organizational ergonomics; Socio-technical system; Translation practice; Workplace research; Translation constraint; Situated cognition
Subject (DDC):	418.02: Translating and interpreting
Abstract:	According to the International Ergonomics Association, a focus on organizational ergonomics recognizes that people work within socio-technical systems that encompass tools, equipment, and computer interfaces as well as other actors in their professional environment and networks. In recent research, we have started investigating such socio-technical factors from an ergonomic perspective. Observations at professional workplaces, responses to questionnaires, and indepth interviews with translators suggest that their perceived self-determination is more important to the success of socio-technical change than the technological developments themselves. A lack of involvement in decision-making at the workflow level may explain why so many translators have been resistant to taking new technology on board. We discuss how a feedback culture could mitigate many socio-technical issues by giving translators a voice in change and empowering them to contribute to organizational learning and growth.
Further description:	Previously published in Translation Spaces 6:1 (2017)
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/17988
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	Licence according to publishing contract
Departement:	Applied Linguistics
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Translation and Interpreting (IUED)
Appears in collections:	Publikationen Angewandte Linguistik

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Ehrensberger-Dow, M., & Massey, G. (2019). Socio-technical issues in professional translation practice. In Translation practice in the field : current research on socio-cognitive processes (pp. 105–122). John Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.1075/bct.105.06ehr

Ehrensberger-Dow, M. and Massey, G. (2019) ‘Socio-technical issues in professional translation practice’, in Translation practice in the field : current research on socio-cognitive processes. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, pp. 105–122. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1075/bct.105.06ehr.

M. Ehrensberger-Dow and G. Massey, “Socio-technical issues in professional translation practice,” in Translation practice in the field : current research on socio-cognitive processes, Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2019, pp. 105–122. doi: 10.1075/bct.105.06ehr.

EHRENSBERGER-DOW, Maureen und Gary MASSEY, 2019. Socio-technical issues in professional translation practice. In: Translation practice in the field : current research on socio-cognitive processes. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. S. 105–122. ISBN 978-90-272-0397-7

Ehrensberger-Dow, Maureen, and Gary Massey. 2019. “Socio-Technical Issues in Professional Translation Practice.” In Translation Practice in the Field : Current Research on Socio-Cognitive Processes, 105–22. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.1075/bct.105.06ehr.

Ehrensberger-Dow, Maureen, and Gary Massey. “Socio-Technical Issues in Professional Translation Practice.” Translation Practice in the Field : Current Research on Socio-Cognitive Processes, John Benjamins, 2019, pp. 105–22, https://doi.org/10.1075/bct.105.06ehr.