Some Thoughts About Think-Aloud Protocol
Candace Séguinot | York University
Empirical studies of the translation process have used think-aloud protocols to provide a window into the mental activity which is not directly observable. This paper reports on a protocol study in a natural discourse situation involving two professional translators and discusses the relevance of the data to the debate on the use of verbalization as a methodology. The protocol provides evidence of translation strategies and points to the need for a dynamic model of the translation process that takes into account activation, suppression, and attending mechanisms.
Article outline
- 1.The Validity of Think-Aloud Protocols
- 2.The Observational Study
- 2.1Background and Method of Analysis
- 3.Findings
- 3.1Strategies
- 3.2The Search for Translation Units
- 3.3Progression of the Translation
- 4.Interpretation of the Findings
- 4.1Models of the Translation Process
- 5.Conclusion
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Published online: 01 January 1996
https://doi.org/10.1075/target.8.1.05seg
https://doi.org/10.1075/target.8.1.05seg
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