Can emotion stir translation skill?

Rojo López, Ana María; Ramos Caro, Marina

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Can emotion stir translation skill?

dc.contributor.author	Rojo López, Ana María
dc.contributor.author	Ramos Caro, Marina
dc.contributor.department	Traducción e Interpretación
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-23T07:56:41Z
dc.date.available	2024-04-23T07:56:41Z
dc.date.issued	2016-10-03
dc.description	©2016 John Benjamins Publishing Company
dc.description.abstract	The present paper reports on an experiment to measure the impact of emotions and certain personality traits on translation performance. The study replicates Lehr’s (2013) methodology, but also explores the influence of personality factors on the induced emotional impact. Unlike Lehr’s study, our experiment focuses exclusively on translation students (Spanish L1/English as L2). A Spanish version of Block and Kremen’s (1996) ego-resiliency scale (ER89) was first used to assess trait variation in the participants’ psychological resilience. They were then asked to provide a translation of an emotional text, which was rated for accuracy and creativity. After having submitted their translation, they were randomly assigned to a positive or negative feedback group and received false feedback on their performance. Immediately afterwards they were asked to translate a second text, whose ratings for accuracy and creativity were compared to those from their first translation. A self-reporting questionnaire was finally carried out to obtain data on the participants’ subjective feelings during experimental time. Results corroborate evidence from Lehr’s work, pointing to a differential impact of emotions on different facets of translation performance and suggesting that different emotions may activate different processing styles. Although no statistically significant effect is found for resilient personality traits, data suggest they may also play a role in guiding translational behaviour.	es
dc.embargo.terms	Si
dc.format	application/pdf	es
dc.format.extent	107-130
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.128.06roj
dc.identifier.eissn	Print: 978-90-2725-874-8
dc.identifier.eissn	Electrónico: 978-90-2726-634-7
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10201/141099
dc.language	eng	es
dc.publisher	John Benjamins Publishing Company
dc.relation	TRANSCREA. Conceptualización y evaluación de la creatividad en traducción: aplicaciones docentes y profesionales (ref. 19238/PI/14). Fundación Seneca: Agencia de Ciencia y Tecnología de la Región de Murcia.	es
dc.relation.ispartof	Reembedding Translation Process Research Edited by Ricardo Muñoz Martín, pp. 107-130
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccess	es
dc.subject	Creativity
dc.subject	Emotions
dc.subject	Feedback
dc.subject	Translation process research
dc.title	Can emotion stir translation skill?	es
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPart	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication	es