Translation and Web Searching

Raído, Vanessa Enríquez

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“…To answer the second question, several studies were conducted by comparing the behaviours of professional and trainee translators. Using direct observation via screen-recording, questionnaires and semi-structured interviews, Enríquez Raído (2011Raído ( , 2014 studied the consultation behaviour of 6 participants with different levels of translation experience. She found that experienced translators used a wider variety of online resources and consulted background information more frequently than trainee translators.…”

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Consultation behaviour with online resources in English-Chinese translation: an eye-tracking, screen-recording and retrospective study

Cui

Zheng

2020

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This paper investigates the interaction between translators' perceived translation problems and their online consultation behaviours, and how different consultation behaviours affect translation acceptability. Previous studies indicate that online consultation includes various types of complex information-searching behaviours which, to a great extent, depend on the personal preferences of the web users. In this study, 38 MA translation students translated two 100-word texts from English (L2) into Chinese (L1) using Translog II, with their translations and consultation processes being registered by a Tobii TX300 eye-tracker. The main findings are as follows: (1) an increase in perceived translation difficulty leads to an increase in both the time spent on online consultation and the complexity of the consultation, but does not lead to an increase in the cognitive load expended on consultation; (2) general translation problems, which involve more resource types and longer search times, require more consultation time than specific translation problems; (3) two sub-types of consultation behaviour, informationseeking and information relevance evaluation, are purpose-driven and (4) longer consultation time results in higher acceptability of individual translation solutions, while higher consultation complexity does not.

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“…This term was also used by EnríquezRaído (2011Raído ( , 2014, but with a different definition which is equal to "translation problem" as defined in this study.…”

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Consultation behaviour with online resources in English-Chinese translation: an eye-tracking, screen-recording and retrospective study

Cui

Zheng

2020

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“…Experts use different types of OR, preferring search engines and parallel texts to dictionaries (Massey and Ehrensberger-Dow 2011, 198;Enríquez Raído 2014;Paradowska 2015). However, Gough (2017, 250) observed that most participants in her study adopted a bottom-up approach, i.e.…”

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Information behaviour in bidirectional translators: focus on online resources

Whyatt

Witczak

Tomczak

2021

The Interpreter and Translator Trainer

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Effective information behaviour is crucial in all translation competence models but our understanding of how information skills develop and how translators interact with information found in online resources is still limited. In this article we focus on information behaviour (needs and use) of bidirectional translators who frequently translate into their native (L1) and their non-native language (L2). The theoretical underpinnings come from information studies: (1) information is needed when cognitive uncertainty arises and -when found -it allows the translator to make an informed decision; (2) translators are driven by economy of effort and will minimise the cost of searching for information. The empirical evidence comes from a study of 30 professional bidirectional translators who translated two texts into their native language of low diffusion (Polish) and into their non-native major language (English). A close analysis of their information behaviour included data obtained by keylogging, eye-tracking and screen recording, and showed that using online resources adds more cognitive effort when translators work into their L2. We use the results to draft a model of information behaviour which shows how the use of online resources is affected by the translation direction.

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“…In the field of translation studies, translators' research behaviour is still a relatively new area of study, with practically all investigations presenting generic data (e.g., by Cui & Zheng, 2020;Désilets et al, 2009;Enríquez Raído, 2014;Gough, 2017;Hirci, 2013;Hvelplund, 2017Hvelplund, , 2019Massey & Ehrensberger-Dow, 2011;Muller-Spitzer et al, 2012;Olalla-Soler, 2018;Pinto & Sales, 2007Pinto et al, 2014;Sales & Pinto, 2011;Shih, 2019;White et al, 2008;Zapata, 2016;). Some references to individual differences can be found in the studies investigating translation process (e.g., by Carl et al, 2011a;Dragsted & Carl, 2013;Heinstrom, 2003;Huang, 2018;Hubscher-Davidson, 2009;Lehka-Paul & Whyatt, 2016;Tirkkonen-Condit, 2005).…”

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Trainee translators’ research styles: A taxonomy based on an observation study at the University of Silesia, Poland

Sycz-Opoń

2021

Trans-Int

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This paper presents a typology of information-seeking styles exhibited by 52 students of the MA translation and interpreting programme at the University of Silesia, Poland. The typology emerged during the large-scale investigation into trainee translators’ research behaviour occurring during translation of a legal text from English into Polish (Sycz-Opoń 2019). The method of investigation combined observation of students’ recorded performances with a think-aloud protocol (TAP). The case-study analysis brought to light significant variation in student’s information-seeking behaviour, which had gone unnoticed in the aggregate statistical data. Individual differences included students’ source preference, search intensity, level of criticism towards sources, diligence, risk-taking, self-confidence, and source reliance. As a result of the analysis the six research styles emerged: traditionalist, innovator, minimalist, true detective, procrastinator, and habitual doubter. They are presented in this paper with special attention to each style’s strengths, weaknesses and recommended teaching approaches. The results suggest the need for information-seeking training geared towards the diverse needs of individual students.

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Translation and Web Searching

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Consultation behaviour with online resources in English-Chinese translation: an eye-tracking, screen-recording and retrospective study

Consultation behaviour with online resources in English-Chinese translation: an eye-tracking, screen-recording and retrospective study

Information behaviour in bidirectional translators: focus on online resources

Trainee translators’ research styles: A taxonomy based on an observation study at the University of Silesia, Poland

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