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In:Innovation and Expansion in Translation Process Research
Edited by Isabel Lacruz and Riitta Jääskeläinen
[American Translators Association Scholarly Monograph Series XVIII] 2018
► pp. 17–36

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Chapter 2
Reconceptualizing problems in translation using triangulated process and product data

Published online: 1 February 2018
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Abstract
This article proposes a reconceptualization of problems in translation, using the PACTE Group’s rich point model as a methodological framework. Based on a conglomeration of interrelated problem indicators, namely pre-translation mark-up of anticipated problems, concrete problem indicators evidenced in screen recordings, and errors in corresponding translations, this reconceptualization is grounded in both process and product data. The model being proposed here suggests that holistic problem awareness hinges on insight gleaned from all problem indicators as a collective. The chapter concludes with the discussion of a small-scale pilot study that explores how these problem indicators overlap and diverge in establishing the “bigger picture” of problems in translation.
Article outline
  • Introduction
  • Operationalizing problems in translation
  • Problem awareness as a fulcrum in translation
  • Problem indicators from product and process standpoints
  • Triangulating problems through empirical research
    • Methods
      • Trainer mark-up of anticipated problems
      • Student mark-up of anticipated problems
      • Screen recording documentation of problem indicators
      • Error mark-up in translations and methods of analysis
    • Results and discussion
  • Future directions
  • References
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