La réalisation d’une traduction mobilise tout un ensemble de ressources cognitives. Pour reprendre le vocabulaire traditionnellement utilisé en traductologie (Translation Studies), ces ressources cognitives mises en jeu dans la traduction constituent des aspects de la compétence en traduction. Ce terme de compétence représente ce que tout traducteur doit connaître (et donc apprendre). D’un point de vue psychologique (voir Translation psychology), la compétence en traduction désigne la connaissance, issue de tout un éventail de domaines cognitifs, qui est acquise, stockée et organisée dans la mémoire à long terme (MLT) du traducteur.

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