Cognitive load in processing ELF: Translators, interpreters, and other multilinguals

IF 0.8 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Journal of English as a Lingua Franca Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI:10.1515/jelf-2020-2039

Maureen Ehrensberger-Dow, Michaela Albl-Mikasa, Katrin Andermatt, Andrea Hunziker Heeb, Caroline Lehr

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Abstract

Abstract Many factors can affect the translation and interpreting process, but the quality of source texts has been explicitly identified as an issue in surveys of professional translators and interpreters as well as in recent workplace studies. If translators and interpreters encounter resistance in carrying out their tasks, for example by difficulties in extracting meaning from non-native English input, then flow can be interrupted and performance affected. In this paper, we explore how English as a lingua franca (ELF) input could potentially increase the cognitive load not only for translators and interpreters but also for other multilinguals. We describe the range of methods that can be used to measure the cognitive effort and stress associated with processing ELF input and explain the challenges that can be encountered when researchers are committed to using authentic ELF material to make comparisons under relatively controlled but ecologically valid conditions. One of the driving motivators for this type of research is to understand how interpreters and translators deploy their expertise to deal with ELF input in work settings in order to draw inferences about strategies for other segments of the population.

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处理ELF的认知负荷:笔译、口译和其他多语言

影响翻译和口译过程的因素很多，但在对专业笔译和口译人员的调查以及最近的工作场所研究中，源文本的质量已被明确地确定为一个问题。如果翻译和口译人员在执行任务时遇到阻力，例如难以从非母语英语输入中提取意义，那么就会中断流并影响表现。在本文中，我们探讨了英语作为通用语言(ELF)的输入如何潜在地增加翻译和口译人员以及其他多语言使用者的认知负荷。我们描述了可用于测量与处理ELF输入相关的认知努力和压力的方法范围，并解释了当研究人员致力于在相对可控但生态有效的条件下使用真实的ELF材料进行比较时可能遇到的挑战。这类研究的驱动因素之一是了解口译员和笔译员如何部署他们的专业知识来处理工作环境中的ELF输入，以便推断其他部分人口的策略。

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Journal of English as a Lingua Franca Multiple-

CiteScore

1.70

自引率

12.50%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of English as a Lingua Franca (JELF) is the first journal to be devoted to the rapidly-growing phenomenon of English as a Lingua Franca. The articles and other features explore this global phenomenon from a wide number of perspectives, including linguistic, sociolinguistic, socio-psychological, and political, in a diverse range of settings where English is the common language of choice.