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Exploring the role of reading emotions, emotion regulation, and translation involvement in translation performance

Reading emotions, emotion regulation, translation

 | Islamic Azad UniversityQuchan, Iran
ORCiD logo with link | Islamic Azad UniversityQuchan, Iran
Published online: 27 June 2025
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https://doi.org/10.1075/forum.24020.bag
Abstract
The present study, following a sequential mixed-methods design, mainly aims at determining the possible predictors of translation performance in reading emotions, regulation of emotion, and translation involvement. In so doing, a sample of 114 homogeneous university students majoring in English translation participated in the quantitative part of the study and a pool of eight students participated in the qualitative part of the study. A number of instruments were used to measure the variables. The results confirmed that reading emotions, emotion regulation, and translation involvement were positively correlated with translation performance. Moreover, the results showed that emotion regulation made the strongest contribution to explaining translation performance. After calculating the inter-coder reliability of the common themes that emerged from the responses to the interviews, the results revealed eight themes, including focused attention, interest, higher motivation, effective feedback, engagement, fun, management of emotions, and interaction. Finally, some implications are offered for translation teachers and students.
Résumé
La présente étude, suivant un plan séquentiel à méthodes mixtes, vise principalement à déterminer les facteurs prédictifs potentiels de la performance en traduction, en lien avec les émotions de lecture, la régulation émotionnelle et l’implication dans la traduction. Un échantillon homogène de 114 étudiants universitaires spécialisés en traduction anglaise a participé à la partie quantitative de l’étude, tandis qu’un groupe de huit étudiants a été impliqué dans la partie qualitative. Plusieurs instruments ont été utilisés pour mesurer les variables. Les résultats ont confirmé que les émotions de lecture, la régulation émotionnelle et l’implication dans la traduction étaient positivement corrélées à la performance en traduction. En outre, ils ont montré que la régulation émotionnelle était le facteur le plus déterminant pour expliquer cette performance. Après avoir calculé la fiabilité inter-codeurs des thèmes communs ressortis des réponses aux entretiens, huit thèmes ont été identifiés : l’attention focalisée, l’intérêt, une motivation accrue, un retour efficace, l’engagement, le plaisir, la gestion des émotions et l’interaction. Enfin, quelques implications sont proposées à l’intention des enseignants et des étudiants en traduction.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Theoretical framework
    • 2.1Translation and psychological factors
    • 2.2Translation and emotional factors
  • 3.Methodology
    • 3.1Participants
    • 3.2Instruments
    • 3.3Data collection procedure
    • 3.4Data analysis
  • 4.Results
    • 4.1Reading emotions, emotion regulation, translation involvement, and translation performance
    • 4.2The predictor of translation performance
    • 4.3Content analysis of responses to the interviews
  • 5.Discussion
  • 6.Conclusion and implications
  • Conflict of interest
  • Informed consent
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
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