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Psychology of Translation: Critical and Creative Thinking

Psychology of Translation: Critical and Creative Thinking

Natalia Kashirina
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 23
ISBN13: 9781466666153|ISBN10: 1466666153|EISBN13: 9781466666160
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6615-3.ch015
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Kashirina, Natalia. "Psychology of Translation: Critical and Creative Thinking." Handbook of Research on Teaching Methods in Language Translation and Interpretation, edited by Ying Cui and Wei Zhao, IGI Global, 2015, pp. 274-296. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6615-3.ch015

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Kashirina, N. (2015). Psychology of Translation: Critical and Creative Thinking. In Y. Cui & W. Zhao (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Teaching Methods in Language Translation and Interpretation (pp. 274-296). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6615-3.ch015

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Kashirina, Natalia. "Psychology of Translation: Critical and Creative Thinking." In Handbook of Research on Teaching Methods in Language Translation and Interpretation, edited by Ying Cui and Wei Zhao, 274-296. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6615-3.ch015

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Abstract

The process of translation is treated as a sequence of three principal stages (pre-translation source text analysis, translation itself, self-assessment/editing). The chapter is aimed at proving that the first and the third stages of the translation process are based on critical thinking, while the second stage (translation itself) rests upon creative thinking. Therefore, teaching critical thinking must be a necessary part of translator professional training, because it is not only important as such, but also leads students to acquisition of mature creative thinking, which is crucial for translation problem-solving. In this chapter, the problem of training translation quality assessment is analyzed, the difference between critical and creative thinking is discussed, and psychological mechanisms of their functioning in translation are treated as a cognitive process; the role of critical thinking in raising translators' awarenesses and, consequently, translation quality is stressed.

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