Eye-Tracking Processes and Styles in Sight Translation

by Wenchao Su

Overview

This book presents new research on sight translation using cutting-edge eye-tracking technology. It covers various aspects of sight translation processes of both novice and professional interpreters, such as their textual processing behaviors, problem-solving patterns and reading-speech coordination. By focusing on the features of their gaze behaviors, the book describes the interpreters' processing behaviors and categorizes them into different processing styles. As one of the first books on sight translation employing an eye-tracking technique as the research method, it offers a valuable reference guide for future eye-tracking-based translation and interpreting research.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789811556777
Publisher:	Springer Nature Singapore
Publication date:	06/06/2020
Series:	New Frontiers in Translation Studies
Edition description:	1st ed. 2020
Pages:	158
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Wenchao Su is currently Yunshan Young Scholar at the School of Interpreting and Translation Studies, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. An active researcher who uses eye-tracking technology to study interpreting processes, she has developed a keen interest in the cognitive and psycholinguistic investigation of interpreting processes and has published her research in leading translation studies journals.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Issues and Approaches to CTIS.- Chapter 3. Translation Style in Sight Translation.- Chapter 4. Research Design.- Chapter 5. Results.- Chapter 6. Discussion.- Chapter 7. Summary and Conclusion.