Xia Xiang
List of John Benjamins publications in which Xia Xiang is involved.
Articles
2018 Between invisibility and over-visibility: Self-perception and user expectations of liaison interpreters in business settings Babel 64:1, pp. 1–32 | Article
Recent research on liaison interpreting shows that the interpreters’ role in communicative events includes language facilitator and intercultural mediator. Being empowered with more coordinating functions rather than regarded as invisible conduits, however, how do interpreters with different… read more
2014 The impact of cultural background knowledge in the processing of metaphorical expressions: An empirical study of English-Chinese sight translation The Development of Professional Competence, Ehrensberger-Dow, Maureen, Birgitta Englund Dimitrova and Séverine Hubscher-Davidson (eds.), pp. 5–24 | Article
This study aims to explore the role and possible impact of cultural background knowledge (CBK) on performance in sight translation, specifically the translation of metaphorical expressions (MEs). A between-subjects experiment was designed for 68 interpreting students who were assigned to a control… read more
2013 Processing metaphorical expressions in Sight Translation: An empirical–experimental research Babel 59:2, pp. 160–183 | Article
This empirical–experimental study focuses on the processing of metaphorical expressions in sight translation (STR), a particular branch of interpreting. In order to test whether linguistic metaphors pose cognitive challenges for sight translators, we designed a within-subject experiment with 30… read more