| Publication type: | Book part |
| Type of review: | Editorial review |
| Title: | Cognitive ergonomic issues in professional translation |
| Authors: | Ehrensberger-Dow, Maureen Massey, Gary |
| Published in: | The development of translation competence : theories and methodologies from psycholinguistics and cognitive science |
| Editors of the parent work: | Schwieter, John W. Ferreira, Aline |
| Page(s): | 58 |
| Pages to: | 86 |
| Issue Date: | 2014 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Cambridge |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4438-5450-4 |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Human-machine interaction; ErgoTrans; Cognitive ergonomics; Translation process |
| Subject (DDC): | 418.02: Translating and interpreting 620: Engineering |
| Abstract: | This chapter explores the interface between translation studies and ergonomics, especially those factors that can affect cognitive processing. Professional translators perform a challenging multi-activity task involving receptive and productive language proficiency, advanced information literacy skills, and a high degree of instrumental competence. They do so under tight temporal constraints in an increasingly technologized environment; many work in offices that may not be designed for intensive text work and within organizational systems that do not suit their cognitive and informational needs. Drawing on quantitative and qualitative translation process data from a large corpus comprising screen recordings, keystroke logs, eye-tracking records, retrospective verbalizations, questionnaire surveys, and interviews, the chapter illustrates how ergonomic issues at translators’ workplaces can have an impact on the efficiency of the process and the quality of the product, and how they could affect professional identity. It closes with a discussion of how findings from such research can contribute to the language service industry and the professional development of translators. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/2691 |
| 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., & Massey, G. (2014). Cognitive ergonomic issues in professional translation. In J. W. Schwieter & A. Ferreira (Eds.), The development of translation competence : theories and methodologies from psycholinguistics and cognitive science (pp. 58–86). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Ehrensberger-Dow, M. and Massey, G. (2014) ‘Cognitive ergonomic issues in professional translation’, in J.W. Schwieter and A. Ferreira (eds) The development of translation competence : theories and methodologies from psycholinguistics and cognitive science. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 58–86.
M. Ehrensberger-Dow and G. Massey, “Cognitive ergonomic issues in professional translation,” in The development of translation competence : theories and methodologies from psycholinguistics and cognitive science, J. W. Schwieter and A. Ferreira, Eds. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014, pp. 58–86.
EHRENSBERGER-DOW, Maureen und Gary MASSEY, 2014. Cognitive ergonomic issues in professional translation. In: John W. SCHWIETER und Aline FERREIRA (Hrsg.), The development of translation competence : theories and methodologies from psycholinguistics and cognitive science. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. S. 58–86. ISBN 978-1-4438-5450-4
Ehrensberger-Dow, Maureen, and Gary Massey. 2014. “Cognitive Ergonomic Issues in Professional Translation.” In The Development of Translation Competence : Theories and Methodologies from Psycholinguistics and Cognitive Science, edited by John W. Schwieter and Aline Ferreira, 58–86. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Ehrensberger-Dow, Maureen, and Gary Massey. “Cognitive Ergonomic Issues in Professional Translation.” The Development of Translation Competence : Theories and Methodologies from Psycholinguistics and Cognitive Science, edited by John W. Schwieter and Aline Ferreira, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014, pp. 58–86.
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