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Translation, Cognition & Behavior
Vol. 2:2 (2019) ► pp.283–304
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“A lot to think about”

Online monitoring in dialogue interpreting

| Century College (USA)

This paper takes a process-focused approach to investigating the dialogue interpreting task from the perspective of the task performer. It reports on a portion of a research study aimed at better understanding the cognitive and interactional processes involved in dialogue interpreting. Eight interpreters interpreted a simulated interaction and subsequently completed a retrospective process-tracing session. The results shed light on the complexities of dialogue interpreting performance as experienced by the task performer, specifically with regard to interpreters’ online monitoring of affect, behavior, cognition, and context.

Keywords: dialogue interpreting, community interpreting, public service interpreting, self-regulation, online monitoring, retrospective process tracing
Article outline
  • 1.The interpreter as task performer: A process-focused approach to studying dialogue interpreting
  • 2.Online monitoring and control
  • 3.Method
  • 4.Targets of online monitoring: Results and discussion
    • 4.1Monitoring affect
      • 4.1.1Monitoring the interlocutors’ affect
      • 4.1.2Monitoring the interpreter’s affect
    • 4.2Monitoring behavior
      • 4.2.1Monitoring the interlocutors’ behavior
      • 4.2.2Monitoring the interpreter’s behavior
    • 4.3Monitoring cognition
    • 4.4Monitoring context
  • 5.Modelling online self-regulation in dialogue interpreting
  • 6.Directions for further research
  • 7.Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 6 September 2019
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https://doi.org/10.1075/tcb.00030.her
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