Ergonomics and translation workplaces
Article outline
- 1.Translation as a situated activity
- 2.Methodological approaches
- 3.Implications for translation theory and practice
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Note
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References
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Further essential reading
References (14)
References
Bednárová-Gibová, Klaudia. 2021. “Organizational Ergonomics of Translation as a Powerful Predictor of Translators’ Happiness at Work?” Perspectives 29(3): 391–406. 

Cadwell, Patrick, Sharon O’Brien, and Carlos S. C. Teixeira. 2018. “Resistance and Accommodation: Factors for the (Non-) Adoption of Machine Translation among Professional Translators.” Perspectives 26 (3): 301–321. 

Chesterman, Andrew. 2009. “The Name and Nature of Translator Studies.” Hermes: Journal of Language and Communication Studies 42: 13–22. 

Ehrensberger-Dow, Maureen, Andrea Hunziker Heeb, Gary Massey, Ursula Meidert, Silke Neumann, and Heidrun Becker. 2016. “An International Survey of the Ergonomics of Professional Translation.” ILCEA 27. 

Elia 2019. Language Industry Survey –Expectations and Concerns of the European Language Industry 2019. Brussels: European Language Industry Association. [URL]
Lavault-Olléon, Élisabeth. 2011. “L’ergonomie, nouveau paradigme pour la traductologie.” ILCEA 14. 

LeBlanc, Matthieu. 2013. “Translators on Translation Memory (TM). Results of an Ethnographic Study in Three Translation Services and Agencies.” The International Journal for Translation & Interpreting 5 (2): 1–13. 

O’Brien, Sharon, Maureen Ehrensberger-Dow, Marcel Hasler, and Megan Connolly. 2017. “Irritating CAT Tool Features that Matter to Translators.” Hermes: Journal of Language and Communication in Business 56: 145–162. [URL]
Risku, Hanna. 2004. Translationsmanagement. Interkulturelle Fachkommunikation im Informationszeitalter. Tübingen: Gunter Narr.
Vink, Peter, and Jussi Kantola. 2011. Advances in Occupational, Social, and Organizational Ergonomics. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
Further essential reading
Ehrensberger-Dow, Maureen. 2021. “Translation, Ergonomics and Cognition.” In Routledge Handbook of Translation and Cognition, ed. by Fabio Alves, and Arnt Lykke Jakobsen, 147–160. London: Routledge.
Ehrensberger-Dow, Maureen, and Riitta Jääskeläinen. 2019. “Ergonomics of Translation: Methodological, Practical, and Educational Implications.” In Moving Boundaries in Translation Studies, ed. by Helle V. Dam, Matilde Nisbeth Brøgger, and Karen Korning Zethsen, 132–150. London: Routledge.
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Gumasing, Ma. Janice J., Emil Renfred A. Rendon & Josephine D. German
2023.
Sustainable Ergonomic Workplace: Fostering Job Satisfaction and Productivity among Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Workers.
Sustainability 15:18
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