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Vol. 8:1 (1996) ► pp.75–95

Some Thoughts About Think-Aloud Protocol

 | York University
Empirical studies of the translation process have used think-aloud protocols to provide a window into the mental activity which is not directly observable. This paper reports on a protocol study in a natural discourse situation involving two professional translators and discusses the relevance of the data to the debate on the use of verbalization as a methodology. The protocol provides evidence of translation strategies and points to the need for a dynamic model of the translation process that takes into account activation, suppression, and attending mechanisms.
Article outline
  • 1.The Validity of Think-Aloud Protocols
  • 2.The Observational Study
    • 2.1Background and Method of Analysis
  • 3.Findings
    • 3.1Strategies
    • 3.2The Search for Translation Units
    • 3.3Progression of the Translation
  • 4.Interpretation of the Findings
    • 4.1Models of the Translation Process
  • 5.Conclusion
  • References
Published online: 1 January 1996
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