Research Methods in Cognitive Translation and Interpreting Studies
Edited by Ana María Rojo López and Ricardo Muñoz Martín
[Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 10] 2025. xvi, 350 pp. + index
Ana María Rojo López
List of John Benjamins publications for which Ana María Rojo López plays a role.
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Subjects Applied linguistics | Cognition and language | Interpreting | Translation Studies
Translation and Interpreting at the Interface of Cognition and Emotion
Edited by Ana María Rojo López and Purificación Meseguer Cutillas
Special issue of Translation, Cognition & Behavior 7:1 (2024) v, 185 pp.
2025 日本言語政策学会 / Japan Association for Language Policy. 言語政策 / Language
Policy 10. 2014: Research methods in cognitive translation and interpreting studies Research Methods in Cognitive Translation and Interpreting Studies, Rojo López, Ana María and Ricardo Muñoz Martín (eds.), pp. 1–20 | Chapter
Policy 10. 2014: Research methods in cognitive translation and interpreting studies Research Methods in Cognitive Translation and Interpreting Studies, Rojo López, Ana María and Ricardo Muñoz Martín (eds.), pp. 1–20 | Chapter
This book serves as a resource for students and early-career researchers, introducing research methods and tools for investigating cognitive processes in translation and interpreting. This introductory chapter lays the groundwork to set sail in any empirical research project in Cognitive… read more
2025 日本言語政策学会 / Japan Association for Language Policy. 言語政策 / Language
Policy 10. 2014 Research Methods in Cognitive Translation and Interpreting Studies, Rojo López, Ana María and Ricardo Muñoz Martín (eds.), pp. 257–279 | Chapter
Policy 10. 2014 Research Methods in Cognitive Translation and Interpreting Studies, Rojo López, Ana María and Ricardo Muñoz Martín (eds.), pp. 257–279 | Chapter
In recent years, psychophysiological methods have gained prominence in CTIS research, particularly concerning emotional aspects. These methods emphasize the physical manifestations that connect cognition and emotion. This chapter explores three widely used psychophysiological methods: skin… read more
2024 When faces don’t lie: Physiology and facial expressions in the reception of audio described porn Translation and Interpreting at the Interface of Cognition and Emotion, Rojo López, Ana María and Purificación Meseguer Cutillas (eds.), pp. 116–139 | Article
In the last decades, Cognitive Translation Studies (CTIS) have witnessed a growing expansion of Audio Description (AD), with emphasis on experimental studies examining the psychological factors that influence the creation and reception of AD. While most studies have focused on the creation phase… read more
2024 Swept or swayed by the tide of change? Translation and interpreting at the interface of cognition and emotion Translation and Interpreting at the Interface of Cognition and Emotion, Rojo López, Ana María and Purificación Meseguer Cutillas (eds.), pp. 1–21 | Introduction
2023 Experimenting with audio description: When participants are all ears in CTIS Cognitive Translation and Interpreting Studies in the Early Twenty First Century, García, Adolfo M., Edinson Muñoz and Néstor Singer (eds.), pp. 211–229 | Article
After years in the shadows of translation, research on audio description (AD) is now gaining momentum thanks to its contribution to a more accessible and inclusive world. This paper claims that experimental AD studies have a rightful place in cognitive translation and interpreting studies (CTIS)… read more
2023 El uso de fuentes documentales y su impacto en la creatividad del estudiante de traducción e interpretación Revista Española de Lingüística Aplicada/Spanish Journal of Applied Linguistics 36:2, pp. 386–410 | Article
El presente artículo pretende explorar el impacto que la documentación y la inteligencia creativa tienen a la hora de resolver retos creativos literarios. Para ello se diseñó un estudio experimental con estudiantes de traducción e interpretación en el que, divididos en dos grupos, debían… read more
2021 In and out of tune: The effects of musical (in)congruence on translation Target 33:1, pp. 132–156 | Article
This study explores the potential effects of musical congruence and incongruence on translation quality and creativity. An experiment was carried out in which participants translated excerpts from happy and sad narratives while they listened to source-text congruent and incongruent soundtracks.… read more
2018 Introduction: Why do emotions matter in translation? Translation, Cognition & Behavior 1:2, pp. 291–297 | Introduction
2018 Chapter 6. The role of expertise in emotion regulation: Exploring the effect of expertise on translation performance under emotional stir Innovation and Expansion in Translation Process Research, Lacruz, Isabel and Riitta Jääskeläinen (eds.), pp. 105–129 | Chapter
We investigate the influence of expertise on emotion regulation and its consequences for translation performance. Using Lehr’s (2013) methodology, we explore the influence of personality factors and expertise level on induced emotional impact. We compare performance of translation students and… read more
2017 Chapter 13. On the reception of translations: Exploring the impact of typological differences on legal contexts Motion and Space across Languages: Theory and applications, Ibarretxe-Antuñano, Iraide (ed.), pp. 367–398 | Chapter
Three experiments are designed to test the effects that the loss of manner information may have on the translation of crime accounts. The first two experiments hypothesize that losing Manner in the Spanish translation of an English crime description will elicit a less severe judgment of the offense… read more
2016 Can emotion stir translation skill? Defining the impact of positive and negative emotions on translation performance Reembedding Translation Process Research, Muñoz Martín, Ricardo (ed.), pp. 107–130 | Article
The present paper reports on an experiment to measure the impact of emotions and certain personality traits on translation performance. The study replicates Lehr’s (2013) methodology, but also explores the influence of personality factors on the induced emotional impact. Unlike Lehr’s study, our… read more
2015 Thinking for translating: A think-aloud protocol on the translation of manner-of-motion verbs Target 27:2, pp. 273–300 | Article
Typological studies on the linguistic expression of motion are certainly of interest to translation scholars. The study of how motion is expressed across languages has indeed revealed some striking typological differences (e.g., Talmy 1985, 1991, 2000; Berman and Slobin 1994; Stromqvist and… read more
2014 Literatura, sexo y censura: Traducción y recepción de Amis, Daudet y Renault bajo el régimen franquista Revista Española de Lingüística Aplicada/Spanish Journal of Applied Linguistics 27:2, pp. 537–558 | Article
In Franco’s totalitarian state, censorship became from the start an efficient mechanism to control artistic production — and by extension, ideas — which was conceived to maintain and enhance the values of Francoist regime. But its violent and ruthless measures did not prevent it from being… read more
2014 “Feeling” audio description: Exploring the impact of AD on emotional response Translation Spaces 3, pp. 133–150 | Article
There is evidence suggesting that watching movies usually provokes an emotional response in the audience that may differ according to the type of film viewed. For example, Grodal (2009) argues that the type of response provoked by mainstream cinema is different from that elicited by avant-garde… read more
2013 Distinguishing near-synonyms and translation equivalents in metaphorical terms: Crisis vs. recession in English and Spanish Metaphor and Metonymy revisited beyond the Contemporary Theory of Metaphor: Recent developments and applications, Gonzálvez-García, Francisco, María Sandra Peña-Cervel and Lorena Pérez-Hernández (eds.), pp. 283–316 | Article
This paper aims to study the applications of Metaphorical Pattern Analysis (MPA) to contrastive analysis and translation by researching the differences in the metaphorical mappings instantiated by the English words ‘crisis’ and ‘recession’ and their translation equivalents in Spanish crisis and… read more
2011 Distinguishing near-synonyms and translation equivalents in metaphorical terms: Crisis vs. recession in English and Spanish Metaphor and metonymy revisited beyond the Contemporary Theory of Metaphor: Recent developments and applications, Gonzálvez-García, Francisco, María Sandra Peña-Cervel and Lorena Pérez-Hernández (eds.), pp. 280–314 | Article
This paper aims to study the applications of Metaphorical Pattern Analysis (MPA) to contrastive analysis and translation by researching the differences in the metaphorical mappings instantiated by the English words ‘crisis’ and ‘recession’ and their translation equivalents in Spanish crisis and… read more
2005 Verbs of sensory perception: An English-Spanish comparison Languages in Contrast 5:2, pp. 219–243 | Article
Slobin (1996, 1997) has pointed out the differences between Spanish and English verbs of motion with regard to the expression of elements such as “Path of motion” or “Manner of motion”. Generally speaking, English verbs incorporate manner to their core meaning while Spanish verbs tend to… read more
2002 Frame Semantics and the Translation of Humour Babel 48:1, pp. 34–77 | Article
1998 Frame Semantics And Lexical Translation The Risk Frame And Its Translation Babel 44:2, pp. 128–138 | Article
Abstract This study deals with the use of Frame Semantics for lexical translation, particularly for the elaboration of bilingual dictionaries. To this purpose, we took Fillmore and Atkins's analysis of the word "risk" as the starting point for our paper. We analyzed the entries of RISK offered by… read more