Affective and Attitudinal Factors in Translation Processes
Published online: 1 January 1996
https://doi.org/10.1075/target.8.2.04lau
https://doi.org/10.1075/target.8.2.04lau
Abstract
The role of affective and attitudinal factors in translation has lately attracted increasing attention within process-oriented translation research. Think-aloud studies show that affective factors play an important part in the decision-making processes of translation. In the present TAP study the affective dimension of translation was researched via evaluative utterances produced by the subject.
Résumé
Depuis peu, l'étude du processus de la traduction s'intéresse de près au rôle joué par des facteurs affectifs et comportementaux. En l'occurrence, le recours à "la réflexion à haute voix" permet de comprendre à quel point des facteurs affectifs influencent le processus décisionnel de la traduction. L'étude qui suit fait ressortir la dimension affective de la traduction dans des commentaires évaluatifs énoncés par le sujet.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Experiment Design
- 3.Analysis of the Evaluative Utterances
- 4.Results and Discussion
- 5.Conclusion and Implications for Further Research
- Notes
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