Does personality matter in translation? interdisciplinary research into the translation process and product

• Authors: Olha Lehka-Paul , Bogusława Whyatt
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper reports on the first pilot study planned within a broader interdisciplinary research project on translator’s personality profile viewed from the psychological and cognitive perspectives. The study aims to test the assumption that there is a link between personality features and translation performance. It is our initial attempt to incorporate translation process research and product evaluation into the investigation of personality factors involved in translation. Two major directions of analysis have been selected: personality traits as related to the quality of the translation product, and cognitive functions as related to the process of translation. The tentative conclusions confirm the idea that personality characteristics are important building blocks for further development of translation competence and expertise.

Keywords

EN

Translator’s personality; translation process research; product evaluation; trait approach; cognitive functions

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Journal: Poznań Studies in Contemporary Linguistics
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 52
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 317-349

Dates

published

2016-06-01

online

2016-06-13

Contributors

author

Olha Lehka-Paul

• Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań

author

Bogusława Whyatt

• Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/psicl-2016-0012