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Cognitive Effort and Efficiency in Translation Revision

Cognitive Effort and Efficiency in Translation Revision

Moritz Schaeffer, Anke Tardel, Sascha Hofmann, Silvia Hansen-Schirra
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 18
ISBN13: 9781522552253|ISBN10: 1522552251|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781522588238|EISBN13: 9781522552260
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5225-3.ch010
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Schaeffer, Moritz, et al. "Cognitive Effort and Efficiency in Translation Revision." Quality Assurance and Assessment Practices in Translation and Interpreting, edited by Elsa Huertas-Barros, et al., IGI Global, 2019, pp. 226-243. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5225-3.ch010

APA

Schaeffer, M., Tardel, A., Hofmann, S., & Hansen-Schirra, S. (2019). Cognitive Effort and Efficiency in Translation Revision. In E. Huertas-Barros, S. Vandepitte, & E. Iglesias-Fernández (Eds.), Quality Assurance and Assessment Practices in Translation and Interpreting (pp. 226-243). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5225-3.ch010

Chicago

Schaeffer, Moritz, et al. "Cognitive Effort and Efficiency in Translation Revision." In Quality Assurance and Assessment Practices in Translation and Interpreting, edited by Elsa Huertas-Barros, Sonia Vandepitte, and Emilia Iglesias-Fernández, 226-243. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5225-3.ch010

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Abstract

Empirical studies of revision are often based on either think aloud protocols, interviews, or observational methods. Eye tracking and keylogging methods are rarely applied to the study of revision behavior. The authors employ established methods from translation process research (TPR) to study the eye movement and typing behavior during self-revision (i.e., the phase in the translation process that follows a first complete draft). The authors measure the effect of behavior during the drafting phase on the relative revision duration. Relative revision duration is the time translators spend revising the first complete draft of the source text. They find that the most efficient process involves a large degree of concurrent reading and writing and few deletions during the drafting phase. The efficiency gains in terms of relative revision duration achieved by avoiding discontinuous typing, by making a larger number of deletions, pausing for longer amounts of time, and engaging in less concurrent reading and writing are outweighed by the gains in total task time by doing the exact opposite.

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