Old Habits Die Hard: Towards Understanding L2 Translation

The prejudice against L2 translation has become an old habit and old habits die hard. In this article the axiom that translators should translate only into their native language, that is the language of their habitual use, is being challenged on the grounds that it is outdated, impossible to attain...

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Autor principal:	Bogusława Whyatt
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Lenguaje:	EN FR PL
Publicado:	Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing 2018
Materias:	directionality L2 translation key-logging eye-tracking proof-readers’ corrections Translating and interpreting P306-310
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:6a0cf66e96aa477a820467eddaf1c66e2021-11-27T13:05:18ZOld Habits Die Hard: Towards Understanding L2 Translation10.12797/MOaP.24.2018.41.051689-91212391-6745https://doaj.org/article/6a0cf66e96aa477a820467eddaf1c66e2018-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.akademicka.pl/moap/article/view/225https://doaj.org/toc/1689-9121https://doaj.org/toc/2391-6745 The prejudice against L2 translation has become an old habit and old habits die hard. In this article the axiom that translators should translate only into their native language, that is the language of their habitual use, is being challenged on the grounds that it is outdated, impossible to attain and most importantly lacking in empirical evidence. Since the processing demands of L1 and L2 translation have rarely been compared, the EDiT project has been designed to investigate how professional translators proceed when they translate into their L1 (Polish) and L2 (English). The article describes the research design and reports on a sample analysis of data collected by key-logging and eye-tracking which provide quantitative measures of cognitive effort when translating in both directions. The translated texts are then corrected by experienced proof-readers to show that both L1 and L2 translations are not flawless and need to be improved. Bogusława WhyattKsiegarnia Akademicka PublishingarticledirectionalityL2 translationkey-loggingeye-trackingproof-readers’ correctionsTranslating and interpretingP306-310ENFRPLMiędzy Oryginałem a Przekładem, Vol 24, Iss 3 (41) (2018)
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topic	directionality L2 translation key-logging eye-tracking proof-readers’ corrections Translating and interpreting P306-310
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description	The prejudice against L2 translation has become an old habit and old habits die hard. In this article the axiom that translators should translate only into their native language, that is the language of their habitual use, is being challenged on the grounds that it is outdated, impossible to attain and most importantly lacking in empirical evidence. Since the processing demands of L1 and L2 translation have rarely been compared, the EDiT project has been designed to investigate how professional translators proceed when they translate into their L1 (Polish) and L2 (English). The article describes the research design and reports on a sample analysis of data collected by key-logging and eye-tracking which provide quantitative measures of cognitive effort when translating in both directions. The translated texts are then corrected by experienced proof-readers to show that both L1 and L2 translations are not flawless and need to be improved.
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title	Old Habits Die Hard: Towards Understanding L2 Translation
title_short	Old Habits Die Hard: Towards Understanding L2 Translation
title_full	Old Habits Die Hard: Towards Understanding L2 Translation
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title_full_unstemmed	Old Habits Die Hard: Towards Understanding L2 Translation
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Old Habits Die Hard: Towards Understanding L2 Translation

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