Capturing translation processes to access metalinguistic awareness

Ehrensberger-Dow, Maureen; Perrin, Daniel

Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	Capturing translation processes to access metalinguistic awareness
Authors:	Ehrensberger-Dow, Maureen Perrin, Daniel
Published in:	Across Languages and Cultures
Volume(Issue):	10
Issue:	2
Page(s):	275
Pages to:	288
Issue Date:	2009
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Akademiai Kiado
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Budapest
ISSN:	1588-2519
Language:	English
Subjects:	Expert; Metalinguistic awareness; Translation process
Subject (DDC):	418.02: Translating and interpreting
Abstract:	Despite the economic importance of translation work, research can hardly keep pace with current developments, especially the use of electronic resources. A growing body of literature on writing processes in various languages and domains (e.g. journalism, education) has provided insight into how professionals and students use language and language resources. However, the questions of how translators use electronic, non-electronic, and internal linguistic resources and of how novices and experts differ in this regard remain to be investigated in detail. A multi-method approach called progression analysis, which combines ethnographic observation, interviews, computer logging, screenshot recordings, and cue-based retrospective verbalizations, has been used to explore differences between novice and expert journalists and lends itself ideally to the domain of translation. Progression analysis captures diverse aspects of translation processes as students and professionals translate and revise their texts and allows us to access their metalinguistic awareness in order to gain insight into their translation competence. The realization of this awareness in different strategies for translating to and from the translator’s dominant language is highlighted for the language combination German and English, and differences between novices’ and experts’ awareness of their revision processes and resource use are identified.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/5033
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	Licence according to publishing contract
Departement:	Applied Linguistics
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Applied Media Studies (IAM) Institute of Translation and Interpreting (IUED)
Appears in collections:	Publikationen Angewandte Linguistik

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Ehrensberger-Dow, M., & Perrin, D. (2009). Capturing translation processes to access metalinguistic awareness. Across Languages and Cultures, 10(2), 275–288.

Ehrensberger-Dow, M. and Perrin, D. (2009) ‘Capturing translation processes to access metalinguistic awareness’, Across Languages and Cultures, 10(2), pp. 275–288.

M. Ehrensberger-Dow and D. Perrin, “Capturing translation processes to access metalinguistic awareness,” Across Languages and Cultures, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 275–288, 2009.

EHRENSBERGER-DOW, Maureen und Daniel PERRIN, 2009. Capturing translation processes to access metalinguistic awareness. Across Languages and Cultures. 2009. Bd. 10, Nr. 2, S. 275–288

Ehrensberger-Dow, Maureen, and Daniel Perrin. 2009. “Capturing Translation Processes to Access Metalinguistic Awareness.” Across Languages and Cultures 10 (2): 275–88.

Ehrensberger-Dow, Maureen, and Daniel Perrin. “Capturing Translation Processes to Access Metalinguistic Awareness.” Across Languages and Cultures, vol. 10, no. 2, 2009, pp. 275–88.