Eye-tracking revision processes of translation students and professional translators

Bibliographic Data

ID12183502
AuthorsMoritz Schaeffer (0000-0001-5844-8092, English Language and Translation Studies, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz/Germersheim, Germany, corresponding author), Jean Nitzke (0009-0002-7409-1796, English Language and Translation Studies, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz/Germersheim, Germany), Anke Tardel (English Language and Translation Studies, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz/Germersheim, Germany), Katharina Oster (0000-0003-4977-0148, English Language and Translation Studies, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz/Germersheim, Germany), Silke Gutermuth (English Language and Translation Studies, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz/Germersheim, Germany), Silvia Hansen‐Schirra (0000-0002-3277-7717, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz), Silvia Hansen-Schirra (English Language and Translation Studies, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz/Germersheim, Germany)
Year2019
Volume27
Issue4
Pages589-603
Publication date2019-04-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePerspectives (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0907-676X • E-ISSN: 1747-6623
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0907676x.2019.1597138
OpenAlexW2930942979
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited18

Great effort has been made to define and to measure revision competence in translation. However, combined eye tracking and keylogging have hardly been applied in revision research. We believe it is time to apply these methods to the investigation of revision for further insights into this phase of the translation process. In an eyetracking and keylogging study, we compare translation students to professional translators who revised six English-German human pre-translated texts from the TPR-DB. The texts were manipulated according to an existing error typology by including errors from a set of six error categories. We examine the effect of the errors on early (first fixation durations, gaze durations) and late eye movement measures (total reading time, regression path) and on typing behaviour for the error types and professional translation experience. The results enable a detailed modelling of the revision process by determining the kind of behaviour associated with the recognition and correction of different error types. Differences in this behaviour between students and professional translators allow for conclusions regarding the effect of professional experience on the revision process

Competence (human resources · Eye movement · Eye tracking · Fixation (population genetics · Gaze · German · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Typology · Computer Science · Psychology · Social Psychology · Subtitles and Audiovisual Media · Text Readability and Simplification · Translation Studies and Practices · Artificial Intelligence

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