Fascinatin’ Rhythm – and Pauses in Translators’ Cognitive Processes
The Monitor Model fosters a view of translating where two mind modes stand out and alternate when trying to render originals word-by-word by default: shallow, uneventful processing vs problem solving. Research may have been biased towards problem solving, often operationalized with a pause of, or ab...
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| description | The Monitor Model fosters a view of translating where two mind modes stand out and alternate when trying to render originals word-by-word by default: shallow, uneventful processing vs problem solving. Research may have been biased towards problem solving, often operationalized with a pause of, or above, 3 seconds. This project analyzed 16 translation log files by four informants from four originals. A baseline minimal pause of 200 ms was instrumental to calculate two individual thresholds for each log file: (a) A low one – 1.5 times the median pause within words – and (b) a high one – 3 times the median pause between words. Pauses were then characterized as short (between 200 ms and the lower threshold), mid, and long (above the higher threshold, chunking the recorded activities in the translation task into task segments), and assumed to respond to different causes. Weak correlations between short, mid and long pauses were found, hinting at possible different cognitive processes. Inferred processes did not fall neatly into categories depending on the length of possibly associated pauses. Mid pauses occurred more often than long pauses between sentences and paragraphs, and they also more often flanked information searches and even problem-solving instances. Chains of proximal mid pauses marked cases of potential hesitations. Task segments tended to happen within 4–8 minute cycles, nested in a possible initial phase for contextualization, followed by long periods of sustained attention. We found no evidence for problem-solving thresholds, and no trace of behavior supporting the Monitor Model.
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| spelling | doaj.art-2e402b294ff64462a70173fc9b2a93612022-12-22T01:03:35ZdeuAarhus UniversityHermes0904-16991903-17852018-06-015710.7146/hjlcb.v0i57.106192Fascinatin’ Rhythm – and Pauses in Translators’ Cognitive ProcessesRicardo Muñoz Martín0Celia Martín de Leon1PETRA Research Group School of Translation and Interpreting Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Pérez del Toro, 1 E-35003 Las Palmas de Gran CanariaPETRA Research Group School of Translation and Interpreting Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Pérez del Toro, 1 E-35003 Las Palmas de Gran CanariaThe Monitor Model fosters a view of translating where two mind modes stand out and alternate when trying to render originals word-by-word by default: shallow, uneventful processing vs problem solving. Research may have been biased towards problem solving, often operationalized with a pause of, or above, 3 seconds. This project analyzed 16 translation log files by four informants from four originals. A baseline minimal pause of 200 ms was instrumental to calculate two individual thresholds for each log file: (a) A low one – 1.5 times the median pause within words – and (b) a high one – 3 times the median pause between words. Pauses were then characterized as short (between 200 ms and the lower threshold), mid, and long (above the higher threshold, chunking the recorded activities in the translation task into task segments), and assumed to respond to different causes. Weak correlations between short, mid and long pauses were found, hinting at possible different cognitive processes. Inferred processes did not fall neatly into categories depending on the length of possibly associated pauses. Mid pauses occurred more often than long pauses between sentences and paragraphs, and they also more often flanked information searches and even problem-solving instances. Chains of proximal mid pauses marked cases of potential hesitations. Task segments tended to happen within 4–8 minute cycles, nested in a possible initial phase for contextualization, followed by long periods of sustained attention. We found no evidence for problem-solving thresholds, and no trace of behavior supporting the Monitor Model. https://tidsskrift.dk/her/article/view/106192baseline pauseindividualized thresholdscognitive processesproblem solvinghesitationtask segments |
| spellingShingle | Ricardo Muñoz Martín Celia Martín de Leon Fascinatin’ Rhythm – and Pauses in Translators’ Cognitive Processes Hermes baseline pause individualized thresholds cognitive processes problem solving hesitation task segments |
| title | Fascinatin’ Rhythm – and Pauses in Translators’ Cognitive Processes |
| title_full | Fascinatin’ Rhythm – and Pauses in Translators’ Cognitive Processes |
| title_fullStr | Fascinatin’ Rhythm – and Pauses in Translators’ Cognitive Processes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fascinatin’ Rhythm – and Pauses in Translators’ Cognitive Processes |
| title_short | Fascinatin’ Rhythm – and Pauses in Translators’ Cognitive Processes |
| title_sort | fascinatin rhythm and pauses in translators cognitive processes |
| topic | baseline pause individualized thresholds cognitive processes problem solving hesitation task segments |
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