Cognitive aspects of community interpreting. Toward a process model
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Birgitta Englund Dimitrova
Abstract
This article discusses cognitive aspects of professional community interpreting. We give an overview of earlier research into community interpreting, arguing that cognitive aspects have largely been neglected. We propose that in building a model of the mental processes of the community interpreter, different kinds of monitoring are a crucial and pervasive component. Monitoring contributes to and enables the double function of the interpreter: translating and managing the interaction of the interpreted encounter. We furthermore stress the importance of the notion of professional self-concept for explaining the interpreter’s decision-making and exemplify this by analyzing turn-taking in two Swedish-Spanish interpreted encounters.
Abstract
This article discusses cognitive aspects of professional community interpreting. We give an overview of earlier research into community interpreting, arguing that cognitive aspects have largely been neglected. We propose that in building a model of the mental processes of the community interpreter, different kinds of monitoring are a crucial and pervasive component. Monitoring contributes to and enables the double function of the interpreter: translating and managing the interaction of the interpreted encounter. We furthermore stress the importance of the notion of professional self-concept for explaining the interpreter’s decision-making and exemplify this by analyzing turn-taking in two Swedish-Spanish interpreted encounters.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Reembedding translation process research. An introduction 1
- A neuroscientific toolkit for translation studies 21
- Writing vs. translating 47
- Investigating the ergonomics of a technologized translation workplace 69
- Quality and translation process research 89
- Can emotion stir translation skill? Defining the impact of positive and negative emotions on translation performance 107
- Match evaluation and over-editing in a translation memory environment 131
- Cognitive efficiency in translation 149
- Towards a cognitive audiovisual translatology 171
- Cognitive aspects of community interpreting. Toward a process model 195
- Index 215
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Reembedding translation process research. An introduction 1
- A neuroscientific toolkit for translation studies 21
- Writing vs. translating 47
- Investigating the ergonomics of a technologized translation workplace 69
- Quality and translation process research 89
- Can emotion stir translation skill? Defining the impact of positive and negative emotions on translation performance 107
- Match evaluation and over-editing in a translation memory environment 131
- Cognitive efficiency in translation 149
- Towards a cognitive audiovisual translatology 171
- Cognitive aspects of community interpreting. Toward a process model 195
- Index 215
