A discussion of ethnographic research methods and their relevance for translation process research

Hubscher-Davidson, Séverine

doi:10.1556/acr.12.2011.1.1

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“…Recently, researchers interested in translators' cognitive processes and those studying translation as a socio-historical, contextualized activity have increasingly found themselves on shared ground. 1 With increasing attention to the situated and relational nature of cognition on the one hand, and to the experiencing self as a key agent in any context of human activity on the other hand (most visible in the continued popularity of the habitus concept), process researchers and sociologists of translation have begun to recognize their shared interests (Hubscher-Davidson 2011). However, cooperation between these two strands of Translation Studies will also need to address significant differences in research traditions, ontological presuppositions, and accepted methodologies.…”

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Affect as a hinge: The translator's experiencing self as a sociocognitive interface

Hokkanen

Koskinen

2018

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Affect, understood here as embodied meaning-making, offers one useful point of departure in studying translation as an activity that involves both cognitive and social processes, because it functions as a hinge between subjective understandings and social environments. We approach affects related to translating with the theoretical framework of the translator's experiencing self, defined here as the perception that translators have of themselves, based on lived and embodied experience. In other words, we suggest that the study of affect in relation to translating should pay attention to translators' own processes of meaningmaking. Since the processes of human meaning-making, including self-construction, have been argued to rest upon narrative practice, we furthermore argue for a narrative approach to studying affects. We illustrate the methodological opportunities provided by a narrative approach to affect with three cases deriving from three different research projects.

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Affect as a hinge: The translator's experiencing self as a sociocognitive interface

Hokkanen

Koskinen

2018

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“…This extended nature has been reflected in pleas for the extension of translation process research' s object of study, and the introduction of new methods for studying cognitive processes (Risku 2004, Hubscher 2011, Tiselius 2011 volume; also cf. the notion of post-process in writing research, e.g., Atkinson 2003, and Wolf' s sociology of a more widely understood translation process, 2007: 15-16).…”

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Stepping into others’ shoes: a cognitive perspective on target audience orientation in written translation

Apfelthaler

2014

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This paper suggests what might allow translators to orient themselves towards their target audience in the translation process. To shed light on translators' ability to put themselves into their target audience' s shoes, I adopt a cognitive perspective by drawing on current findings from psychology, cognitive science and neuroscience. I depart from the notion of target audience as applied to written translation. Aspects to this concept and the terminology of audience in translation studies are briefly discussed. Then I turn to translation process research to examine two empirical studies and one theoretical paper for insights into researching translators' target audience orientation. Next, I introduce concepts from social cognition research that might contribute to give a cognitive account of translators' behavior towards the target audience. I then touch upon the relation of the functional neurocognitive network presumably supporting target audience orientation with other neurocognitive networks that seem particularly relevant to translation. As a complement, I present a research design for empirically verifying my claim about what enables translators' target audience orientation, and gaining further insight into the relations between target audience orientation, translation process and translation product. Finally, some conclusions about the benefits of this type of research are offered.

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“…As previously mentioned, this research design is increasingly being incorporated in the analysis of translation processes (see Sturge 2007, Hubscher-Davidson 2011 because it provides an insider's view of the context of translation. This is important as an understanding of the translator's perspective can go a long way to shed more light on the nature of the translation process.…”

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Agency in translating "Une Vie de Boy" into English: Exploring translator identity and translation strategies

Awung

2014

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Recent research in translation studies has underscored the role of translators as agents. This implies that a translator is not just a neutral conduit of a message from one language to another, but someone who is very much involved in the power interplay that determines the decision making leading to the translation product. It is within this context that this paper seeks to analyse the concept of 'agency' in translation, with specific focus on African literature in European languages. It is worth mentioning that while this type of literature has been the subject of much research, less attention has been given to it in terms of translation. Focusing on a translation by the late John Reed of Ferdinand Oyono's Une Vie de Boy, this paper seeks to show how an understanding of the identity of the translator can lead to an appreciation of his/her translation strategies. It should be noted that translating African culture from one European language to another can be quite a challenging task -especially if the culture is foreign to the translator -due to the fact that cultural value systems are difficult to grasp as they are intricately woven into the texture of the native languages (Bandia 2008). Such a task is even more intriguing since the original text is in itself a form of translation, initially conceived in the African language of the author before being rendered into a European language. In this case, the agency role of the translator would therefore be more significant given that s/he is dealing with a peculiar source text that is different from most source texts which are translated between relatively close or non-distant cultures. Through an ethnographic study involving an exploration of the context of the translation production, as well as an interview with Reed, this paper posits that the translator's socio-cultural background tends to influence the nature and extent of his/her intervention in the translation process. This will contribute in shifting the focus of translation assessment from solely the end product to an inclusion of the translator's identity.

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A discussion of ethnographic research methods and their relevance for translation process research

Cited by 43 publications

References 24 publications

Affect as a hinge: The translator's experiencing self as a sociocognitive interface

Affect as a hinge: The translator's experiencing self as a sociocognitive interface

Stepping into others’ shoes: a cognitive perspective on target audience orientation in written translation

Agency in translating "Une Vie de Boy" into English: Exploring translator identity and translation strategies

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