Revision from translators’ point of view
An interview study
Claire Yi-yi Shih | Middlesex University, U.K.
Although generally agreed to be an essential part of translation, revision receives little attention in translation studies with only a few exceptions such as Breedveld (2002) and Englund Dimitrova (2005). This study aims to establish what revision means to practicing translators, and their views as to what revision involves, in terms of the numbers of revisions they do, the length of their drawer-time (how long they put their draft away) and the aspects they check for in revision. Data show that translators typically claim to revise their draft translation once or twice. They do not normally have extended drawer-time. If they do, it would be overnight at most. They also describe themselves as having certain specific aspects in mind when they revise.
Keywords: think-aloud protocol, interview, revision, self-revision, revision checklist, drawer-time
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Revision checklists
- 3. Aims and objectives
- 4.Interview as a research method
- 5.The study
- 6.Results and discussion
- 6.1Number of revisions
- 6.2 Drawer-time
- 6.3Revision checklist
- 6.4Idiosyncratic revision procedures
- 7.Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
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References
Published online: 01 May 2007
https://doi.org/10.1075/target.18.2.05shi
https://doi.org/10.1075/target.18.2.05shi
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