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Translation in Transition: Between cognition, computing and technology
Edited by Arnt Lykke Jakobsen and Bartolomé Mesa-Lao
[Benjamins Translation Library 133] 2017
► pp. 55–77

Chapter 2
Four fundamental types of reading during translation

| University of Copenhagen

This chapter concerns reading during translation and the cognitive activities which underlie the different types of reading. Its aim is to characterise and discuss different kinds of reading during the translation process, and it does so through the exploration of recordings of eye movement data. The chapter specifically identifies and discusses four types of reading during translation: source text reading, source text reading while typing, reading of existing target text, and reading of emerging target text. The study identifies considerable differences in terms of fixation duration, fixation count and pupil size for the four different types of reading. These differences are explained by the different reading purposes and task objectives underlying each type of reading.

Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Background
    • 2.1Source text reading during translation
    • 2.2Target text reading during translation
    • 2.3Reading while writing
    • 2.4Comprehension and formulation
  • 3.Research design and method
    • 3.1Participants and material
    • 3.2Equipment and software
    • 3.3Data preparation
    • 3.4Statistical analysis
  • 4.Results and statistical analysis
    • 4.1Fixation duration
    • 4.2Pupil size
  • 5.Analysis and discussion
    • 5.1Source text reading without typing
    • 5.2Source text reading while typing
    • 5.3Reading of existing target text
    • 5.4Reading of emerging target text
    • 5.5Final remarks
  • 6.Conclusion
  • References
  • Appendix
Published online: 30 September 2017
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