Time pressure in translation

IF 1.9 2区文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Target-International Journal of Translation Studies Pub Date : 2022-01-10 DOI:10.1075/target.20148.wen

Yueh-sheng Weng, Binghan Zheng, Yanping Dong

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Abstract

Translators may experience significant psychological and physiological responses to time pressure. This study examines such responses with the aim of identifying valid indicators of time pressure in written translation. Forty-five postgraduates participated in the study, translating three comparable English texts into Chinese under three time conditions (Short, Standard, and Free). A positive relation between time stringency and the arousal level detected by a set of self-reporting and biomarker measures was hypothesised. The hypothesis was corroborated by results derived from participants’ self-reporting on stress and anxiety, and the biomarkers of heart rate, blood pressure, and pupil dilation, but not by skin temperature, galvanic skin response (GSR), and heart rate variability (HRV). Thus, the measures that confirm the hypothesis are considered successful indicators of time pressure in translation. In addition, an inverted ‘U-shaped’ pattern was observed in the relation between time stringency and the arousal level indexed by GSR and HRV. These findings may facilitate research and training in translation and other cognitively demanding language-processing activities.

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翻译的时间压力

翻译人员在面对时间压力时可能会产生明显的心理和生理反应。本研究考察了这些反应，目的是找出书面翻译中时间压力的有效指标。45名研究生参与了这项研究，在三种时间条件下(短、标准和自由)将三篇英文文本翻译成中文。通过一组自我报告和生物标记测量，假设时间严格性和觉醒水平之间存在正相关关系。这一假设得到了参与者关于压力和焦虑的自我报告，以及心率、血压和瞳孔扩张等生物标志物的结果的证实，但没有得到皮肤温度、皮肤电反应(GSR)和心率变异性(HRV)的证实。因此，证实这一假设的措施被认为是翻译时间压力的成功指标。此外，时间严格性与GSR和HRV指标的觉醒水平呈倒“u”型关系。这些发现可能有助于翻译和其他认知要求较高的语言处理活动的研究和培训。

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Target-International Journal of Translation Studies Multiple-

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期刊介绍： Target promotes the scholarly study of translational phenomena from any part of the world and welcomes submissions of an interdisciplinary nature. The journal"s focus is on research on the theory, history, culture and sociology of translation and on the description and pedagogy that underpin and interact with these foci. We welcome contributions that report on empirical studies as well as speculative and applied studies. We do not publish papers on purely practical matters, and prospective contributors are advised not to submit masters theses in their raw state.