Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1640
Publication type: Book part
Type of review: Editorial review
Title: Investigating the ergonomics of the technologized translation workplace
Authors: Ehrensberger-Dow, Maureen
Hunziker Heeb, Andrea
DOI: 10.21256/zhaw-1640
10.1075/btl.128
Published in: Reembedding translation process research
Editors of the parent work: Muñoz Martín, Ricardo
Page(s): 69
Pages to: 88
Issue Date: 2016
Series: Benjamins translation library
Series volume: 128
Publisher / Ed. Institution: John Benjamins
Publisher / Ed. Institution: Amsterdam
ISBN: 978-90-272-5874-8
Language: English
Subjects: Translation; ErgoTrans; Cognition; Ergonomics
Subject (DDC): 418.02: Translating and interpreting
620: Engineering
Abstract: The modern translation workplace is characterized by intensive human-computer interaction and heavy use of language technology. In such settings, translators are subject to temporal and spatial constraints that can be mitigated or accentuated by good and poor ergonomic design, respectively. In the research reported here, an ergonomic framework encompassing physical, cognitive, and organizational aspects of the workplace has been used to gain insights into the situated activity of translation. The multi-method approach includes screen and video recordings, interviews, and ergonomic assessments at the workplace. The results of a case from our corpus reported here suggest that apparently minor disturbances can have a negative effect on the efficiency of the translation process and potentially impact job satisfaction and even health.
URI: https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/2627
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)
Published as part of the ZHAW project: Cognitive and Physical Ergonomics of Translation
Appears in collections:Publikationen Angewandte Linguistik

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Ehrensberger-Dow, M., & Hunziker Heeb, A. (2016). Investigating the ergonomics of the technologized translation workplace. In R. Muñoz Martín (Ed.), Reembedding translation process research (pp. 69–88). John Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1640
Ehrensberger-Dow, M. and Hunziker Heeb, A. (2016) ‘Investigating the ergonomics of the technologized translation workplace’, in R. Muñoz Martín (ed.) Reembedding translation process research. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, pp. 69–88. Available at: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1640.
M. Ehrensberger-Dow and A. Hunziker Heeb, “Investigating the ergonomics of the technologized translation workplace,” in Reembedding translation process research, R. Muñoz Martín, Ed. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2016, pp. 69–88. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-1640.
EHRENSBERGER-DOW, Maureen und Andrea HUNZIKER HEEB, 2016. Investigating the ergonomics of the technologized translation workplace. In: Ricardo MUÑOZ MARTÍN (Hrsg.), Reembedding translation process research. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. S. 69–88. ISBN 978-90-272-5874-8
Ehrensberger-Dow, Maureen, and Andrea Hunziker Heeb. 2016. “Investigating the Ergonomics of the Technologized Translation Workplace.” In Reembedding Translation Process Research, edited by Ricardo Muñoz Martín, 69–88. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1640.
Ehrensberger-Dow, Maureen, and Andrea Hunziker Heeb. “Investigating the Ergonomics of the Technologized Translation Workplace.” Reembedding Translation Process Research, edited by Ricardo Muñoz Martín, John Benjamins, 2016, pp. 69–88, https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1640.


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