Suulisest ja kirjalikust tõlkest lõppteksti ja tõlkeprotsessi põhjal

Abstract

Eestis ei ole suulist ja kirjalikku tolget seni koos uuritud, kuid nende tolkevaldkondade uheskoos uurimine voimaldab saada teadmisi molema kohta. Viisime labi empiirilise uuringu tolkide ja tolkijatega, kes tolkisid koik sama lahteteksti, ning salvestasime nende tolkimisprotsessi. Tolkijate tooprotsessi vaatlemiseks kasutasime ekraanipildi salvestamist. See voimaldas juurdepaasu tolkijate otsestele toomeetoditele, veebiotsingutele ja eneseparandustele. Suulist tolget uurisime audiosalvestiste abil. Lisaks analuusisime ka valmistolkeid. Artiklis kasitleme tolkeid ja tolkimisprotsessi uldiselt, vaatleme asesonade ja voorsonade kasutamist ning eneseparandusi tolkimisprotsessi ajal ja selle jarel. Keskseks teemaks on suuliste ja kirjalike tolkijate erinev lahenemine tolkimisele, lahendused keerukates kohtades ning tolkimisprotsess. Selline vaatenurk avab tolkimise uurimisel uusi voimalusi ning avardab arusaama tolkimise olemusest. *** Some topics in translation and interpreting research The article describes some findings of a pilot study in the field of translation and interpreting studies. 4 translators and 5 interpreters translated the same source text from English into Estonian. Their translation process was recorded either as an audio recording (for interpreters) or screen recording (for translators) and all texts were collected. As interpreting research is so far basically missing in Estonia and translation process research is also in the beginning stages, the study is to a large extent exploratory and tentative. We looked into the use of pronouns, of which only demonstrative pronouns showed a difference in usage that could not be explained by the nature of the task. We also analysed whether there was any use of literal translation as a strategy, also to understand how the translator’s and interpreter’s mind works to find solutions for certain translation problems. The translation of cultural items being the most difficult part in the translation task used, we studied the problem-solving strategies and decisions translators and interpreters made. The translation process data was most intensively used to study self-corrections in the translator’s work process. This revealed some interesting patterns in the translator’s working habits, which could definitely be elaborated and researched further. All in all, we find that it makes a lot of sense to study these two areas of translation together and the best way to encourage it would be compiling a proper (longterm) corpus of product and process data. The advances in such research would be most appreciated in the didactic environment but it would also be an important addition to translation studies and translation tools development.