Translating with an Injured Brain
Neurolinguistic Aspects of Translation as Revealed by Bilinguals with Cerebral Lesions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10606642 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Adolfo M García (0000-0002-6936-0114, Buenos Aires, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 112-134 |
| Publication date | 2015-07-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Meta Journal des traducteurs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-0452 • E-ISSN: 1492-1421 |
| Publisher | Consortium Erudit (PUBLISHER • CA) |
| DOI | 10.7202/1032402ar |
| OpenAlex | W1928421130 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 56 |
Despite significant progress in the psycholinguistic study of translation, research on its neurological underpinnings has been limited and sparse. Translation scholars have recently taken an interest in relevant neuroscientific evidence, focusing on imaging studies. This paper addresses the issue by considering an equally important body of data: clinical evidence. Specifically, a hypothesis-driven analysis is offered of 21 cases of brain-lesioned bilinguals exhibiting translation disorders. Three neurofunctional and three neuroanatomical hypotheses are derived from the Revised Hierarchical Model and the Declarative/Procedural Model, respectively. Consistent with relevant predictions, the evidence suggests that there are neurofunctionally independent routes for translation, as opposed to monolingual speech production; backward, as opposed to forward, translation; and form-based, as opposed to conceptually mediated, translation. Available data further indicates that word and sentence translation are critically subserved by posterior brain areas implicated in declarative memory, and by frontobasal areas implicated in procedural memory, respectively. In addition, translation routes appear to be entirely left-lateralized
Biology · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Declarative memory · Natural language processing · Sentence · Translation (biology) · Computer Science · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare · linguistics and terminology studies · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Neuroscience · Psychology
Introducing Interpreting Studies
Declarative and Procedural Determinants of Second Languages
A Neurolinguistic Theory of Bilingualism
The Revised Hierarchical Model
The neural basis of lexicon and grammar in first and second language
Control, activation, and resource
Category Interference in Translation and Picture Naming
Verbal Memory During Simultaneous Interpretation
Information processing and a computational approach to the study of simultaneous interpretation
Phonological Processing of Second Language Phonemes
Aphasie et traduction
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0.38 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2023 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |