Agnieszka Chmiel
Biographic Data
| ID | 2064215 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Agnieszka Chmiel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Agnieszka |
| FAMILY NAME | Chmiel |
| SIGNATURE | CHMIEL A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3294-0534 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
ASR-based input and cognitive load in simultaneous interpreting
Technology and Interpreting
Interpreting can be supported by technology in different ways, along a spectrum that includes making the provision of interpreting services possible, augmenting the interpreter by facilitating information processing, and facilitating training. In the first case, technology carries the interpreter's voice or image, and can even allow for the interpreter and the speakers to not share the same physical space. In the second case, it can support the i…
Sztuczna inteligencja w kabinie. Tłumaczenie symultaniczne w kontekście rozwoju technologii
The article discusses the use of technology in simultaneous interpreting, with a focus on artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on the professional practice of interpreters. It first focuses on remote simultaneous interpreting (RSI), which has become widespread as conferences were held predominantly online during the pandemic. Previously marginalized, RSI has gained prominence, contributing to more research on its effectiveness and technica…
Nothing will tear us apart? Uncovering grammatical features of Polish interpretese with supervised learning models
In this paper, we applied a data-driven approach to investigate unique grammatical characteristics of Polish interpreter discourse (interpretese) in the comparable Polish Interpreting Corpus (PINC). Following, in part, the previously adopted methodology, we first applied the Boruta feature selection method (Kursa & Rudnicki, 2010) to retrieve a set of dependency POS bigrams that allow differentiating between interpreted and non-interpreted langua…
Ear–voice span in simultaneous interpreting
Ear–voice span (EVS) has been recognised as reflecting the cognitive processes involved in simultaneous interpreting. This article reports on a study examining the influence on fluctuations in EVS of text-specific factors, interpreter-specific factors and individual variation. We used naturalistic data from the Polish Interpreting Corpus (PINC), a 20,000-token bidirectional Polish–English corpus of interpretations from the European Parliament. We…
Increasing music preference through guided self-framing
Automatic subtitles increase accuracy and decrease cognitive load in simultaneous interpreting
This study examines the effect of real-time subtitles generated by automatic speech recognition (ASR) technology on interpreting accuracy and interpreters’ cognitive load. Multiple measurements — including interpreting accuracy, the NASA-TLX for subjective ratings of cognitive load, eye-tracking and theta power as indicated by EEG recordings — were applied. Twenty-three professional simultaneous interpreters worked with a video recording of a spe…
Source text ideological load modulates ideological shifts in interpreting right-wing and left-wing political discourse, but interpreters’ political orientation does not
As the public sphere is undergoing a process of ideological radicalization, simultaneous interpreting has been explored as a potential factor in shaping multilingual political debates. This paper investigates the notion of ideological shift between source texts and target texts in interpreting – the weakening or strengthening of ideologically loaded language in political discourse. Research paradigms from Interpreting Studies and Critical Discour…
Going online
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many cultural and artistic programs for older adults have been put on hold, despite the numerous physical, social, and emotional well-being benefits continued participation may bring. This article details a cross-section of participants ( n = 13) in the Active Minds Music Ensemble—a longitudinal Australian-based research project that provides 12 months of group music instrument lessons to healthy older adult …
Lexical frequency modulates current cognitive load, but triggers no spillover effect in interpreting
This study analyses cognitive load in simultaneous interpreting on the basis of naturalistic data from the Polish Interpreting Corpus (PINC). We wanted to find evidence both for the current load (visible immediately after the exposure to the source text word) and the exported load (visible after the production of the translation equivalent in the target text). We operationalised cognitive load as disruptions in fluency, i.e., silent and filled pa…
Ammri
We present computational analyses of musical performances during 12-months study by novice participants aged 65–80. They learned two instruments (an electronic piano keyboard; the iPad app ThumbJam) each with two distinct approaches: replication by ear of melodies, and improvisation using specified methods. Here we present computational simulations and analyses of such processes and the corresponding R script. Using MIDI recordings from one parti…
Effects of simultaneous interpreting experience and training on anticipation, as measured by word-translation latencies
This study aims to investigate the influence of interpreter training and conference interpreting experience on anticipation, as measured by word-translation latencies in a semantically constrained context. It involved professional conference interpreters, on the one hand, and, on the other, interpreter trainees being tested at the beginning and at the end of their two-year training programme. Both groups were asked to translate words embedded at …
A homogenous or heterogeneous audience? Audio description preferences of persons with congenital blindness, non-congenital blindness and low vision
Audio description (AD) is a type of translation involving the transfer of images into words, whose primary target audience are persons with sight loss. However, in reality audio description users are a heterogeneous group with various dysfunctions ranging from congenital blindness to low vision. These users might differ in their preferences for audio description. In order to investigate this issue, we designed an AD reception study in which we co…
Multimodal processing in simultaneous interpreting with text
The present study focuses on (in)congruence of input between the visual and the auditory modality in simultaneous interpreting with text. We asked twenty-four professional conference interpreters to simultaneously interpret an aurally and visually presented text with controlled incongruences in three categories (numbers, names and control words), while measuring interpreting accuracy and eye movements. The results provide evidence for the dominan…
The eye or the ear
In the current study we set out to investigate source language interference in the visual modality (in sight translation – ST) and in the auditory modality (in simultaneous interpreting – SI). We probed interpretations of cognates, interlingual homographs and passive structures in single sentence contexts as performed from English to Polish by 47 advanced interpreting trainees. We also analysed temporal measures: ear-voice span (in SI) or eye-voi…
Unusualness as a predictor of music preference
This paper investigates the role of unusualness ratings in predicting music preference. In addition, the variables complexity and familiarity were rated for five music stimuli covering a range of styles. Ninety-four participants were exposed to each stimulus ten times over a three-week period. The three variables were tested as predictors of preference using linear and quadratic curve-fitting procedures. A linear increasing relationship was obser…
Using Psychological Principles of Memory Storage and Preference to Improve Music Recommendation Systems
This paper proposes a novel approach to automated music recommendation systems. Current systems use a number of methods, although these are generally based on similarity of content, contextual information or user ratings. These approaches therefore do not take into account relevant, well-established models from the field of music psychology. Given recent evidence of this field’s excellent capacity to predict music preference, we propose a functio…
Paraphrasing in respeaking – comparing linguistic competence of interpreters, translators and bilinguals
Respeaking is a method of producing subtitling for live events and TV programmes. Respeakers repeat speakers’ utterances so that they may be changed by speech recognition software into subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. Respeakers need to paraphrase the text so that it conforms with temporal and spatial constraints of subtitling. Due to the similarities between respeaking, interpreting and translation, we tested interpreters, translators…
In search of the working memory advantage in conference interpreting – Training, experience and task effects
Aims and Objectives: The purpose of the study was to disentangle the effects of simultaneous interpreting experience and training on working memory, to examine the effect of language, modality and recall on working memory scores, and to associate memory scores of trainees with interpreting quality. Design: Working memory scores were compared in the L2 reading span task (performed by professional conference interpreters, bilingual controls and int…
Researching preferences of audio description users — Limitations and solutions
Reception studies are frequently used in audio description research to elicit preferences of the visually impaired about certain aspects and level of acceptance of various solutions. However, this research method is characterised by limitations, which are discussed in this article as regards the participants and the design of reception studies. We then present a study which we think has been successful in overcoming some of these limitations, con…
Employing psycholinguistics to examine effects of conference interpreting experience and training on lexical production
Employing psycholinguistics to examine effects of conference interpreting experience and training on lexical production. An article from journal Meta (60 e anniversaire. Les horizons de la traduction : retour vers le futur), on Érudit
Cognate facilitation in sentence context – translation production by interpreting trainees and non-interpreting trilinguals
Conference interpreters form a special case of language users because the simultaneous interpretation practice requires very specific lexical processing. Word comprehension and production in respective languages is performed under strict time constraints and requires constant activation of the involved languages. The present experiment aimed at shedding more light on the effects of conference interpreting training on word production in the proces…
Towards common European audio description guidelines
This article reports on the Pear Tree Project (PTP) conducted as part of the DTV4All project, whose original aim was to develop audio description (AD) guidelines in Europe, in order to ensure consistent high quality AD. However, before streamlining AD standards, a number of issues had to be addressed, the most essential being whether relevant cross-linguistic and cross-cultural differences in Europe are insignificant enough to enable the developm…
Boothmates forever? — On teamwork in a simultaneous interpreting booth
Simultaneous interpreting (SI) is a cognitively demanding task. This is why there are typically two interpreters working in a booth and taking turns every 30 minutes or so. Interpreters work in pairs not only to be able to overcome fatigue, but also to cooperate and help each other. This article is an attempt to shed some light on the process of booth teamwork. Cooperation in the booth is examined in the professional context, which leads to concl…
The eye or the ear
In the current study we set out to investigate source language interference in the visual modality (in sight translation – ST) and in the auditory modality (in simultaneous interpreting – SI). We probed interpretations of cognates, interlingual homographs and passive structures in single sentence contexts as performed from English to Polish by 47 advanced interpreting trainees. We also analysed temporal measures: ear-voice span (in SI) or eye-voi…
Cognate facilitation in sentence context – translation production by interpreting trainees and non-interpreting trilinguals
Conference interpreters form a special case of language users because the simultaneous interpretation practice requires very specific lexical processing. Word comprehension and production in respective languages is performed under strict time constraints and requires constant activation of the involved languages. The present experiment aimed at shedding more light on the effects of conference interpreting training on word production in the proces…
Lexical frequency modulates current cognitive load, but triggers no spillover effect in interpreting
This study analyses cognitive load in simultaneous interpreting on the basis of naturalistic data from the Polish Interpreting Corpus (PINC). We wanted to find evidence both for the current load (visible immediately after the exposure to the source text word) and the exported load (visible after the production of the translation equivalent in the target text). We operationalised cognitive load as disruptions in fluency, i.e., silent and filled pa…
Towards common European audio description guidelines
This article reports on the Pear Tree Project (PTP) conducted as part of the DTV4All project, whose original aim was to develop audio description (AD) guidelines in Europe, in order to ensure consistent high quality AD. However, before streamlining AD standards, a number of issues had to be addressed, the most essential being whether relevant cross-linguistic and cross-cultural differences in Europe are insignificant enough to enable the developm…
Boothmates forever? — On teamwork in a simultaneous interpreting booth
Simultaneous interpreting (SI) is a cognitively demanding task. This is why there are typically two interpreters working in a booth and taking turns every 30 minutes or so. Interpreters work in pairs not only to be able to overcome fatigue, but also to cooperate and help each other. This article is an attempt to shed some light on the process of booth teamwork. Cooperation in the booth is examined in the professional context, which leads to concl…
Towards common European audio description guidelines
This article reports on the Pear Tree Project (PTP) conducted as part of the DTV4All project, whose original aim was to develop audio description (AD) guidelines in Europe, in order to ensure consistent high quality AD. However, before streamlining AD standards, a number of issues had to be addressed, the most essential being whether relevant cross-linguistic and cross-cultural differences in Europe are insignificant enough to enable the developm…
Cognate facilitation in sentence context – translation production by interpreting trainees and non-interpreting trilinguals
Conference interpreters form a special case of language users because the simultaneous interpretation practice requires very specific lexical processing. Word comprehension and production in respective languages is performed under strict time constraints and requires constant activation of the involved languages. The present experiment aimed at shedding more light on the effects of conference interpreting training on word production in the proces…
Employing psycholinguistics to examine effects of conference interpreting experience and training on lexical production
Employing psycholinguistics to examine effects of conference interpreting experience and training on lexical production. An article from journal Meta (60 e anniversaire. Les horizons de la traduction : retour vers le futur), on Érudit
In search of the working memory advantage in conference interpreting – Training, experience and task effects
Aims and Objectives: The purpose of the study was to disentangle the effects of simultaneous interpreting experience and training on working memory, to examine the effect of language, modality and recall on working memory scores, and to associate memory scores of trainees with interpreting quality. Design: Working memory scores were compared in the L2 reading span task (performed by professional conference interpreters, bilingual controls and int…
Researching preferences of audio description users — Limitations and solutions
Reception studies are frequently used in audio description research to elicit preferences of the visually impaired about certain aspects and level of acceptance of various solutions. However, this research method is characterised by limitations, which are discussed in this article as regards the participants and the design of reception studies. We then present a study which we think has been successful in overcoming some of these limitations, con…
Paraphrasing in respeaking – comparing linguistic competence of interpreters, translators and bilinguals
Respeaking is a method of producing subtitling for live events and TV programmes. Respeakers repeat speakers’ utterances so that they may be changed by speech recognition software into subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. Respeakers need to paraphrase the text so that it conforms with temporal and spatial constraints of subtitling. Due to the similarities between respeaking, interpreting and translation, we tested interpreters, translators…
Using Psychological Principles of Memory Storage and Preference to Improve Music Recommendation Systems
This paper proposes a novel approach to automated music recommendation systems. Current systems use a number of methods, although these are generally based on similarity of content, contextual information or user ratings. These approaches therefore do not take into account relevant, well-established models from the field of music psychology. Given recent evidence of this field’s excellent capacity to predict music preference, we propose a functio…
Unusualness as a predictor of music preference
This paper investigates the role of unusualness ratings in predicting music preference. In addition, the variables complexity and familiarity were rated for five music stimuli covering a range of styles. Ninety-four participants were exposed to each stimulus ten times over a three-week period. The three variables were tested as predictors of preference using linear and quadratic curve-fitting procedures. A linear increasing relationship was obser…
Multimodal processing in simultaneous interpreting with text
The present study focuses on (in)congruence of input between the visual and the auditory modality in simultaneous interpreting with text. We asked twenty-four professional conference interpreters to simultaneously interpret an aurally and visually presented text with controlled incongruences in three categories (numbers, names and control words), while measuring interpreting accuracy and eye movements. The results provide evidence for the dominan…
The eye or the ear
In the current study we set out to investigate source language interference in the visual modality (in sight translation – ST) and in the auditory modality (in simultaneous interpreting – SI). We probed interpretations of cognates, interlingual homographs and passive structures in single sentence contexts as performed from English to Polish by 47 advanced interpreting trainees. We also analysed temporal measures: ear-voice span (in SI) or eye-voi…
Effects of simultaneous interpreting experience and training on anticipation, as measured by word-translation latencies
This study aims to investigate the influence of interpreter training and conference interpreting experience on anticipation, as measured by word-translation latencies in a semantically constrained context. It involved professional conference interpreters, on the one hand, and, on the other, interpreter trainees being tested at the beginning and at the end of their two-year training programme. Both groups were asked to translate words embedded at …
A homogenous or heterogeneous audience? Audio description preferences of persons with congenital blindness, non-congenital blindness and low vision
Audio description (AD) is a type of translation involving the transfer of images into words, whose primary target audience are persons with sight loss. However, in reality audio description users are a heterogeneous group with various dysfunctions ranging from congenital blindness to low vision. These users might differ in their preferences for audio description. In order to investigate this issue, we designed an AD reception study in which we co…
Ammri
We present computational analyses of musical performances during 12-months study by novice participants aged 65–80. They learned two instruments (an electronic piano keyboard; the iPad app ThumbJam) each with two distinct approaches: replication by ear of melodies, and improvisation using specified methods. Here we present computational simulations and analyses of such processes and the corresponding R script. Using MIDI recordings from one parti…
Source text ideological load modulates ideological shifts in interpreting right-wing and left-wing political discourse, but interpreters’ political orientation does not
As the public sphere is undergoing a process of ideological radicalization, simultaneous interpreting has been explored as a potential factor in shaping multilingual political debates. This paper investigates the notion of ideological shift between source texts and target texts in interpreting – the weakening or strengthening of ideologically loaded language in political discourse. Research paradigms from Interpreting Studies and Critical Discour…
Going online
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many cultural and artistic programs for older adults have been put on hold, despite the numerous physical, social, and emotional well-being benefits continued participation may bring. This article details a cross-section of participants ( n = 13) in the Active Minds Music Ensemble—a longitudinal Australian-based research project that provides 12 months of group music instrument lessons to healthy older adult …
Lexical frequency modulates current cognitive load, but triggers no spillover effect in interpreting
This study analyses cognitive load in simultaneous interpreting on the basis of naturalistic data from the Polish Interpreting Corpus (PINC). We wanted to find evidence both for the current load (visible immediately after the exposure to the source text word) and the exported load (visible after the production of the translation equivalent in the target text). We operationalised cognitive load as disruptions in fluency, i.e., silent and filled pa…
Increasing music preference through guided self-framing
Automatic subtitles increase accuracy and decrease cognitive load in simultaneous interpreting
This study examines the effect of real-time subtitles generated by automatic speech recognition (ASR) technology on interpreting accuracy and interpreters’ cognitive load. Multiple measurements — including interpreting accuracy, the NASA-TLX for subjective ratings of cognitive load, eye-tracking and theta power as indicated by EEG recordings — were applied. Twenty-three professional simultaneous interpreters worked with a video recording of a spe…
Sztuczna inteligencja w kabinie. Tłumaczenie symultaniczne w kontekście rozwoju technologii
The article discusses the use of technology in simultaneous interpreting, with a focus on artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on the professional practice of interpreters. It first focuses on remote simultaneous interpreting (RSI), which has become widespread as conferences were held predominantly online during the pandemic. Previously marginalized, RSI has gained prominence, contributing to more research on its effectiveness and technica…
Nothing will tear us apart? Uncovering grammatical features of Polish interpretese with supervised learning models
In this paper, we applied a data-driven approach to investigate unique grammatical characteristics of Polish interpreter discourse (interpretese) in the comparable Polish Interpreting Corpus (PINC). Following, in part, the previously adopted methodology, we first applied the Boruta feature selection method (Kursa & Rudnicki, 2010) to retrieve a set of dependency POS bigrams that allow differentiating between interpreted and non-interpreted langua…
Ear–voice span in simultaneous interpreting
Ear–voice span (EVS) has been recognised as reflecting the cognitive processes involved in simultaneous interpreting. This article reports on a study examining the influence on fluctuations in EVS of text-specific factors, interpreter-specific factors and individual variation. We used naturalistic data from the Polish Interpreting Corpus (PINC), a 20,000-token bidirectional Polish–English corpus of interpretations from the European Parliament. We…
ASR-based input and cognitive load in simultaneous interpreting
Technology and Interpreting
Interpreting can be supported by technology in different ways, along a spectrum that includes making the provision of interpreting services possible, augmenting the interpreter by facilitating information processing, and facilitating training. In the first case, technology carries the interpreter's voice or image, and can even allow for the interpreter and the speakers to not share the same physical space. In the second case, it can support the i…
Psychology (16 works) · Computer Science (15 works) · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare (13 works) · Linguistics (9 works) · Interpreter (8 works) · Cognitive psychology (7 works) · Artificial Intelligence (6 works) · Cognition (6 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (6 works) · Natural language processing (5 works)