Pub Date : 2021-02-24DOI: 10.12807/TI.113201.2021.A01
Javier Franco Aixelá, Christian Olalla-Soler, Sara Rovira-Esteva
This article provides an analysis of open access (OA) publishing in translation studies for the 1961-2015 period. To this end, we have taken advantage of the translation-studies (TS) bibliographical database BITRA, which comprised over 75,000 entries as of December 2018, over 21,000 of which had been labelled as OA. The main bibliometric factors we examined from both synchronic and diachronic perspectives were the global status of OA, publication format, language, topic, kind of publisher and types of websites hosting OA publications, while also providing an estimation of how these factors predict OA. The results indicate that we are increasingly witnessing a balance between open and toll access due to the dramatic growth of OA in TS. We have also found that OA is still on the increase in TS, although with some notable variations within each of the categories under analysis.
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Pub Date : 2020-07-15DOI: 10.12807/ti.11222.2020.a01
R. Valdeón, Caterina Calafat
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Pub Date : 2020-07-15DOI: 10.12807/ti.11222.2020.a06
L. V. Doorslaer, Terje Loogus
Translation policy is never neutral, as it does not only take into account linguistic and cultural elements, but also aspects of political and economic power. Situations of unequal power relationships between states or language areas make especially interesting objects for study. The Republic of Estonia has been one such a case since its regained independence in 1991. Estonia has developed a language and translation policy prioritizing Estonian, due to the demographic changes during the period of the Soviet occupation as well as recent globalization developments. The cases of two institutional websites (those of the President of the Republic and the University of Tartu) show how this prioritized viewpoint plays out in translation practice: it allows for pragmatically accommodating both an international audience and the minority of Russian language speakers, albeit not to the same extent.
{"title":"The cautiously pragmatic translation policy in Estonia","authors":"L. V. Doorslaer, Terje Loogus","doi":"10.12807/ti.11222.2020.a06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12807/ti.11222.2020.a06","url":null,"abstract":"Translation policy is never neutral, as it does not only take into account linguistic and cultural elements, but also aspects of political and economic power. Situations of unequal power relationships between states or language areas make especially interesting objects for study. The Republic of Estonia has been one such a case since its regained independence in 1991. Estonia has developed a language and translation policy prioritizing Estonian, due to the demographic changes during the period of the Soviet occupation as well as recent globalization developments. The cases of two institutional websites (those of the President of the Republic and the University of Tartu) show how this prioritized viewpoint plays out in translation practice: it allows for pragmatically accommodating both an international audience and the minority of Russian language speakers, albeit not to the same extent.","PeriodicalId":44242,"journal":{"name":"Translation & Interpreting-The International Journal of Translation and Interpreting","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2020-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88888624","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-07-15DOI: 10.12807/ti.11222.2020.a03
Maria Dasca Batalla
The aim of this article is to analyze the Catalan and Spanish translations of Vercors’ novel Le silence de la mer within the frame of the “cultural turn” in Translation Studies described by Lefevere (1992), Basnett (1998), Bassnett and Lefevere (1990 & 1998), and Snell-Hornby (2006, pp. 47-68). This article aims to highlight and contextualize the role played by translation in cultural dynamics by emphasizing the institutional and ideological constraints imposed by Franco’s censorship on the translation of a work imbued with political meaning. In this approach I will consider: 1) the agents that mediated the cultural transfer, which involves the reception and the translation of the novel; 2) the interpretation of symbolic key-words related to silence and language, as well as their adaptation in the translation; 3) the interpretation of the novel in a context of cultural and political repression.
{"title":"Translating the poetics/politics of silence: The case of Catalan and Spanish translations of Vercors’ Le silence de la mer (1942)","authors":"Maria Dasca Batalla","doi":"10.12807/ti.11222.2020.a03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12807/ti.11222.2020.a03","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this article is to analyze the Catalan and Spanish translations of Vercors’ novel Le silence de la mer within the frame of the “cultural turn” in Translation Studies described by Lefevere (1992), Basnett (1998), Bassnett and Lefevere (1990 & 1998), and Snell-Hornby (2006, pp. 47-68). This article aims to highlight and contextualize the role played by translation in cultural dynamics by emphasizing the institutional and ideological constraints imposed by Franco’s censorship on the translation of a work imbued with political meaning. In this approach I will consider: 1) the agents that mediated the cultural transfer, which involves the reception and the translation of the novel; 2) the interpretation of symbolic key-words related to silence and language, as well as their adaptation in the translation; 3) the interpretation of the novel in a context of cultural and political repression.","PeriodicalId":44242,"journal":{"name":"Translation & Interpreting-The International Journal of Translation and Interpreting","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2020-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85334059","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-02-25DOI: 10.12807/ti.112201.2020.a09
C. Zhang, J. Marshall, A. Bernard, K. Walker-Smith
The delivery of safe, high quality and equitable speech pathology services to clients with limited English proficiency requires speech pathologists (SPs), interpreters and translators (ITs) to work together effectively. No studies have described the development and evaluation of interprofessional training delivered in an online format. This study outlined the development of targeted e-learning for SPs and ITs, and evaluated e-learning outcomes. Sixty-six SPs and 140 ITs participated in pre- and post-training online surveys. Knowledge, confidence and practice items were self-rated on 5-point Likert scales, while skills were assessed using scored short answer responses to a video vignette assessment task. Outcomes were compared statistically between time points, and identical items from SP and IT surveys were compared between professions. Relationships between participant demographics and training outcomes were also explored. After e-learning, both professions demonstrated statistically significant improvements in all measures of self-reported knowledge, confidence, past practice compared to intended future practice, and skills. Differences in the extent of improvement between professions are discussed. SPs and ITs with less experience in their current profession and less experience working with the other profession demonstrated greater improvement after e-learning. Interprofessional e-learning developed in consultation with SPs and ITs has the potential to be an effective, user-led and accessible mode of training delivery when establishing foundation level interprofessional training platforms for SP and IT professions globally. More research is needed to validate these findings and explore the impact of improved workforce preparedness on the delivery of equitable, accessible and high-quality services to improve client outcomes.
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Pub Date : 2020-02-25DOI: 10.12807/TI.112201.2020.A01
Cédric Magnifico, Bart Defrancq
This paper focuses on a possible gender-based approach towards norms in simultaneous interpreting by analysing the use of connective markers by male and female interpreters to reveal patterns of interpreters’ handling of translational norms. Drawing on the 2008 subcorpus of EPICG with French source texts and their English and Dutch interpretations, the present study checks whether male and female interpreters translate, omit or add connective markers in the same way. The results are then tested against other parameters which might have an influence such as language, speech delivery rate or the gender of the speaker. It appears that the interpreter’s gender does not affect the use of connective markers. As for the other parameters under study, it seems that only speech delivery rate significantly impacts the interpreters’ performances, especially when it comes to the omission of connective markers.
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Pub Date : 2017-12-31DOI: 10.12807/ti.109201.2017.a01
R. Ricoy, Jemina Napier
With an increasing amount of empirical research being conducted in interpreting studies through social science, humanities and interdisciplinary lenses, more interest is being paid to the nature of the research methods being used. This is evidenced by the publication of a monograph focusing solely on interpreting research methods (Hale & Napier 2013), as well as the inclusion of a dedicated panel (Moving boundaries in translation and interpreting research methods) in the program of the 8th European Society for Translation Studies (EST) Congress (Aarhus, Denmark, 2016), which was convened and facilitated by Napier and de Pedro Ricoy. The recently published Routledge Encyclopedia of Interpreting Studies (Pochhacker, 2015) has 21 entries referring specifically to interpreting research, including: action research, bibliometric research, corpus-based research, experimental research, mixed-methods research, survey research, ethnographic methods, methodology, eye tracking, retrospective protocols, the activist approach, cognitive approaches, discourse-analytical approaches, linguistic/pragmatic approaches, neuroscience approaches, psycholinguistic approaches, sociolinguistic approaches, sociological approaches, epistemology, interdisciplinarity, and paradigms. The publication of this special issue is, therefore, timely. It brings together a collection of articles that specifically discuss innovations in interpreting research methods. Its aim is to consider and discuss how research methods have been used in interpreting studies, and how innovation in the application of such methods can move boundaries in understanding the work of both spoken and signed language interpreters. Studies such as these, conducted on the basis of innovative, cross-disciplinary approaches, can have an impact on promoting best practice and influencing policy, thus yielding benefits for communities and society at large. Collectively, the articles present a critical exploration of how research methods that have been traditionally used in interpreting studies can be adapted to analyze the reality of professional practice in the 21st century. In addition, they also illustrate how the utilization of tools more commonly associated with other disciplines can add further insights into linguistically and/or culturally mediated encounters. In showcasing novel applications of well-established methods (quantitative, qualitative or mixed), the articles in this special issue provide an overview of the state of the art in the discipline from both established scholars and early career researchers. Each paper highlights how and why adopting an innovative research method can extend our understanding of the complexities of interpreting and promote a deeper appreciation of the work of interpreters. In considering the range of papers included in this special issue, we can see that each contribution introduces methods as yet under-utilized in interpreting studies, or they explore how previously used m
随着越来越多的实证研究通过社会科学、人文科学和跨学科的视角在口译研究中进行，人们对所使用的研究方法的性质越来越感兴趣。这一点可以从以下方面得到证明:出版了一本专注于翻译研究方法的专著(Hale & Napier 2013)，并在由Napier和de Pedro Ricoy召集和推动的第八届欧洲翻译研究学会(EST)大会(丹麦奥胡斯，2016)的项目中纳入了一个专门的小组(翻译和口译研究方法的移动边界)。最近出版的《劳特利奇口译研究百科全书》(Pochhacker, 2015)有21个条目专门涉及口译研究，包括:行动研究、文献计量学研究、基于语料库的研究、实验研究、混合方法研究、调查研究、民族志方法、方法论、眼动追踪、回顾性协议、行动者方法、认知方法、话语分析方法、语言/语用方法、神经科学方法、心理语言学方法、社会语言学方法、社会学方法、认识论、跨学科和范式。因此，本期特刊的出版恰逢其时。它汇集了一系列专门讨论解释研究方法创新的文章。其目的是考虑和讨论研究方法是如何在口译研究中使用的，以及这些方法的应用创新如何在理解口语和手语口译员的工作方面突破界限。根据创新的跨学科方法进行的这类研究可对促进最佳做法和影响政策产生影响，从而为社区和整个社会带来益处。总的来说，这些文章对传统上用于口译研究的研究方法如何适用于分析21世纪专业实践的现实进行了批判性的探索。此外，它们还说明了如何利用与其他学科更常见的工具来进一步洞察语言和/或文化媒介的遭遇。在展示成熟方法(定量、定性或混合)的新应用时，本期特刊中的文章从成熟学者和早期职业研究人员的角度概述了该学科的最新进展。每篇论文都强调了如何以及为什么采用创新的研究方法可以扩展我们对口译复杂性的理解，并促进对口译工作的更深层次的理解。考虑到本期特刊中包含的论文范围，我们可以看到，每一篇论文都介绍了尚未在口译研究中得到充分利用的方法，或者探索了如何更创新地使用以前使用的方法。陈通过使用数字笔技术对交替传译中的笔记进行了更定量的分析，她认为这是一种深入了解口译过程和口译员认知负荷管理的有效方法。在她的研究中，特别的创新是使用数字笔技术来捕获数据。数字笔技术也被用于研究如何教口译学生记笔记(Orlando, 2010)。Hokkanen采用了一种自动民族志的方法来探索她作为口译研究人员的地位——一个“实践者”(Gile, 1994)和在口译实地工作中所经历的情感。她强调这种方法是一种非传统的处理第一手研究材料的方法，可以阐明研究人员的多重自我与相关社会环境之间的复杂关系。…
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Pub Date : 2017-07-21DOI: 10.12807/TI.109202.2017.A01
Jemina Napier, Robert Skinner, G. Turner
This paper reports on findings from an international survey of sign language interpreters who have experience of working remotely via video link, either in a video relay service or as a video remote interpreter. The objective of the study was to identify the common issues that confront interpreters when working in these remote environments and ascertain what aspects of interpreting remotely via a video link are working successfully. The international reach of this survey demonstrates how working remotely via video link can be an integral part of bringing about social equality for deaf sign language users; yet according to interpreters who work in these services, ineffective video interpreting policies, poor public awareness and lack of training are identified as areas needing improvement.
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Pub Date : 2017-07-21DOI: 10.12807/TI.109202.2017.A09
O. Torres-Hostench, Joss Moorkens, Sharon O’Brien, Joris Vreeke
Kanjingo is a post-editing application for iOS devices developed at the ADAPT Centre (formerly CNGL) at Dublin City University (DCU). The first stage of user testing was conducted in 2014 (reported in O’Brien, Moorkens & Vreeke, 2014), and improvements were made based on the initial feedback. This abstract describes further exploratory testing based on the second iteration of the Kanjingo application. The new tests were designed with several aims: (1) testing Kanjingo for post-editing using the phone’s keyboard (2) testing Kanjingo for post-editing with voice input; (3) testing Kanjingo for revision of post-edited texts; (4) testing Kanjingo general usability; and (5) testing Kanjingo interface design. This paper presents the results of the various tests, issues identified, and ideas for improvements. For example, the use of Kanjingo for post-editing with voice input, one of the most innovative forms of interaction with MT in the test, worked much better than participants expected, and this mode of input was preferred for translating from scratch when MT quality was very poor, whereas post-editing short words or phrases was found to be faster with the iPhone keyboard. In addition, we present some reflections on the strengths and weaknesses of the testing methods employed.
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Pub Date : 2017-07-01DOI: 10.12807/ti.109202.2017.a04
Alexandra Rosiers, June Eyckmans
In recent years socio-psychological language research has influenced the fields of translation and interpreting studies resulting in a growing interest in personality traits such as extraversion, emotional stability, self-efficacy and risk-taking as relevant constructs of translator competence and interpreter aptitude (Hubscher-Davidson, 2009; Bolaños Medina, 2014). A personality trait that has received limited attention, especially in relation to interpreting, is tolerance of ambiguity (TA). TA is generally described as the ability to manage situations that are new, complex or insoluble (Budner, 1962). As these types of situations seem to be inherent to the translation and interpreting practice, the construct has interesting potential. This study aims to shed some light on the level of TA in novice and expert translators and interpreters. To this end, we have administered the Tolerance for Ambiguity Scale (Herman, Stevens, Bird, Mendenhall & Oddou, 2010) to two groups of student interpreters (n=20) and translators (n=20) and two professional populations of interpreters (n=20) and translators (n=14). The results indicate a significant difference between interpreters and translators at the professional level regardless of age. This seems to suggest that the nature of the interpreter’s job aids the development of tolerance of ambiguity.
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