Šárka Timarová

List of John Benjamins publications for which Šárka Timarová plays a role.

Articles

Timarová, Šárka, Ivana Čeňková, Reine Meylaerts, Erik Hertog, Arnaud Szmalec and Wouter Duyck 2015 Simultaneous interpreting and working memory capacityPsycholinguistic and Cognitive Inquiries into Translation and Interpreting, Ferreira, Aline and John W. Schwieter (eds.), pp. 101–126 | Article
The aim of the present exploratory correlational study was to test whether a relationship exists between working memory capacity (WMC) and simultaneous interpreting (SI) performance measures in a sample of professional interpreters. Twenty-eight professional interpreters, aged 25–55, were tested on… read more
Timarová, Šárka and Heidi Salaets 2014 Learning styles, motivation and cognitive flexibility in interpreter training: Self-selection and aptitudeAptitude for Interpreting, Pöchhacker, Franz and Minhua Liu (eds.), pp. 33–54 | Article
Admission testing for conference interpreter training programmes traditionally focuses on skills directly related to the interpreting skills, and while soft skills, such as motivation, are recognised as important, they are not systematically tested or researched. The present study attempts to… read more
Timarová, Šárka, Ivana Čeňková, Reine Meylaerts, Erik Hertog, Arnaud Szmalec and Wouter Duyck 2014 Simultaneous interpreting and working memory executive controlInterpreting 16:2, pp. 139–168 | Article
Working memory is a complex cognitive component responsible for maintenance of information during processing. Interpreting research has so far focused on working memory capacity rather than on the central executive functions. In the study described here, 28 professional interpreters completed a… read more
Timarová, Šárka and Heidi Salaets 2011 Learning styles, motivation and cognitive flexibility in interpreter training: Self-selection and aptitudeAptitude for Interpreting, Shlesinger, Miriam † and Franz Pöchhacker (eds.), pp. 31–52 | Article
Admission testing for conference interpreter training programmes traditionally focuses on skills directly related to the interpreting skills, and while soft skills, such as motivation, are recognised as important, they are not systematically tested or researched. The present study attempts to… read more
Timarová, Šárka, Barbara Dragsted and Inge Gorm Hansen 2011 Time lag in translation and interpreting: A methodological explorationMethods and Strategies of Process Research: Integrative approaches in Translation Studies, Alvstad, Cecilia, Adelina Hild and Elisabet Tiselius (eds.), pp. 121–146 | Article
Time lag between the source text input and the interpreter’s target text is known as ear-voice span or décalage. Recently, time lag has also been measured in written translation based on eye-tracking and key-logging (hence called eye-key span). Time lag provides insight into the temporal… read more