Barbara Moser-Mercer

orcid.org/0000-0002-9260-2994

List of John Benjamins publications for which Barbara Moser-Mercer plays a role.

Journals

Edited by Jeong-yeon Kim and Marianne Lederer

ISSN 1598-7647 | E-ISSN 2451-909X

Edited by Franz Pöchhacker and Minhua Liu

ISSN 1384-6647 | E-ISSN 1569-982X

Translation, Cognition & Behavior (TCB)

Edited by Ricardo Muñoz Martín and Sharon O'Brien

ISSN 2542-5277 | E-ISSN 2542-5285

Titles

Translators' Strategies and Creativity: Selected Papers from the 9th International Conference on Translation and Interpreting, Prague, September 1995. In honor of Jiří Levý and Anton Popovič

Edited by Ann Beylard-Ozeroff, Jana Králová and Barbara Moser-Mercer

[Benjamins Translation Library, 27] 1998. xiv, 230 pp.

Subjects Interpreting | Translation Studies

Bridging the Gap: Empirical research in simultaneous interpretation

Edited by Sylvie Lambert and Barbara Moser-Mercer

[Benjamins Translation Library, 3] 1994. 362 pp.

Subjects Interpreting

Articles

Liu, Minhua, Ingrid Kurz, Barbara Moser-Mercer and Miriam Shlesinger †. 2020. The interpreter’s aging: A unique story of multilingual cognitive decline?. Translation, Cognition & Behavior 3:2, pp. 287–310

This article reports part of the first phase of the AIIC Lifespan Study, for which ten conference interpreters over 70 years old were interviewed to learn how interpreters’ professional language experiences interact with their cognitive functions and, specifically, if they demonstrate different… read more | Article

Moser-Mercer, Barbara. 2011. Identifying and interpreting scientific phenomena: Simultaneous challenges to interpreting research. Advances in Interpreting Research: Inquiry in action, Nicodemus, Brenda and Laurie Swabey (eds.), pp. 47–58

Shneider (2009) identifies four different stages in the development of a scientific discipline, and we can safely state that interpreting as a science has advanced from stage one to stage two, where scientists develop a toolbox of methods and techniques for the new discipline, and is currently… read more | Article

Moser-Mercer, Barbara. 2011. Remote interpreting. Handbook of Translation Studies: Volume 2, Gambier, Yves and Luc van Doorslaer (eds.), pp. 131–134

Article

Moser-Mercer, Barbara. 2010. The search for neuro-physiological correlates of expertise in interpreting. Translation and Cognition, Shreve, Gregory M. and Erik Angelone (eds.), pp. 263–287

This paper integrates the results of empirical research on interpreting processes with research on the neurophysiology of learning and expertise. The objective is to develop a better understanding of the potential neuro-physiological changes the human brain undergoes in adulthood in order to… read more | Article

Moser-Mercer, Barbara. 2008. Construct-ing quality. Efforts and Models in Interpreting and Translation Research: A tribute to Daniel Gile, Hansen, Gyde, Andrew Chesterman and Heidrun Gerzymisch-Arbogast (eds.), pp. 143–156

There is a large body of research devoted to exploring quality in interpreting and various authors have identified survey methodology as one of the most frequently applied to this line of research. However, this line of research lacks fundamental and principled guidance regarding survey… read more | Article

Moser-Mercer, Barbara. 2006. Review of Braun (2004): Kommunikation unter widrigen Umständen? Fallstudien zu einsprachigen und gedolmetschten Videokonferenzen. Interpreting 8:2, pp. 235–240

Review

Moser-Mercer, Barbara. 2005. The Teaching of Simultaneous Interpreting: The first 60 years (1929-1989). FORUM 3:1, pp. 205–225

Des aspects plutôt techniques caractérisent les débuts de l’interprétation simultanée et très peu d’intérêt est porté à la meilleure façon de l’enseigner et de l’apprendre. Cet article trace l’évolution des méthodes d’enseignement de l’interprétation simultanée dès les débuts dans les années 1920,… read more | Article

Moser-Mercer, Barbara. 2000. Simultaneous interpreting: Cognitive potential and limitations. Interpreting 5:2, pp. 83–94

Over the past five years our research has focused on cognitive issues in simultaneous interpreting: the role of working memory, robustness of cognitive processes, simultaneity of language processes, and the emerging role of long-term working memory (LT-WM) in the development of expertise in… read more | Article

Moser-Mercer, Barbara, Ulrich Hans Frauenfelder, Beatriz Casado and Alexander Künzli. 2000. Searching to Define Expertise in Interpreting. Language Processing and Simultaneous Interpreting: Interdisciplinary perspectives, Englund Dimitrova, Birgitta and Kenneth Hyltenstam (eds.), pp. 107 ff.

Article

Moser-Mercer, Barbara. 1998. Review of Kurz (1996): Simultandolmetschen als Gegenstand der interdisziplinären Forschung. Interpreting 3:1, pp. 91–94

Review

Moser-Mercer, Barbara, Alexander Künzli and Marina Korac. 1998. Prolonged turns in interpreting: Effects on quality, physiological and psychological stress (Pilot study). Interpreting 3:1, pp. 47–64

This paper seeks to investigate the effect of increased time on task in simultaneous interpreting on the quality of interpretation and on physiological and psychological stress. Interpreters working for longer than approx. 30 minutes, the recommended turn time in simultaneous interpreting under… read more | Article