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Interdisciplinarity in Translation and Interpreting Process Research
Edited by Maureen Ehrensberger-Dow, Susanne Göpferich and Sharon O'Brien
[Target 25:1] 2013
► pp. 5–17

The borrowers

Researching the cognitive aspects of translation

| Dublin City University, Ireland

The paper considers the interdisciplinary interaction of research on the cognitive aspects of translation. Examples of influence from linguistics, psychology, neuroscience, cognitive science, reading and writing research and language technology are given, with examples from specific sub-disciplines within each one. The breadth of borrowing by researchers in cognitive translatology is made apparent, but the minimal influence of cognitive translatology on the respective disciplines themselves is also highlighted. Suggestions for future developments are made, including ways in which the domain of cognitive translatology might exert greater influence on other disciplines.

Keywords: translation process research, cognition, cognitive translatology, interdisciplinarity, reciprocity
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Borrowing from specific disciplines and sub-disciplines
    • 2.1Linguistics
    • 2.2Psychology
    • 2.3Neuroscience
    • 2.4Cognitive science
    • 2.5Writing and reading
    • 2.6Language technology
  • 3.Progress and direction
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 4 March 2013
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