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Interdisciplinarity in Translation and Interpreting Process ResearchEdited by Maureen Ehrensberger-Dow, Susanne Göpferich and Sharon O'Brien
[Benjamins Current Topics 72] 2015
► pp. 109–126
Investigating the conceptual-procedural distinction in the translation process
A relevance-theoretic analysis of micro and macro translation units
Fabio Alves | Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
José Luiz Gonçalves | Federal University of Ouro Preto, Brazil
This chapter draws on relevance theory (Sperber and Wilson 1986/1995) and its application to translation (Gutt 2000) to investigate processing effort in translation in relation to two different types of encodings, namely conceptual and procedural encodings (Blakemore 2002; Wilson 2011). Building on the experimental paradigm of data triangulation in translation process research (Alves 2003; Jakobsen 2005), it analyses the translation processes of eight professional translators when performing a direct and an inverse translation task. The analysis focuses on the number and types of encodings found in micro/macro translation units (Alves and Vale 2009; 2011). Results suggest that processing effort in translation is greater in instances of procedural than conceptual encodings.
Keywords: conceptual and procedural encodings, micro/macro translation units, processing effort in translation, relevance theory, translation process research
Published online: 11 June 2015
https://doi.org/10.1075/bct.72.09alv
https://doi.org/10.1075/bct.72.09alv
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