An empirical investigation into the effects of personality on the performance of French to English student translators
This thesis seeks to establish the extent to which personality characteristics impact on postgraduate students' translation work from French to English. The investigation is carried out by comparing and analysing parallel translations of French source texts into English target texts, using a number of methods. The main focus is on how translator behaviour influences the translation process, how this is reflected in the resulting target text and what the consequences are in terms of translation quality. The study aims to demonstrate the influence of personalities in translation, and better understand how they affect the loss or gain of certain elements during the translation task. Chapter 1 focuses on the review of different theories and models in TS which shed light on the translatorâs context and on the different factors that can potentially affect the way in which he behaves. It also reviews the few studies that have been carried out on translator behaviour, and more specifically on personality-related behaviour. Chapter 2 is dedicated to the three experiments carried out, which highlight patterns of behaviour in student translations through textual analysis, verbalisations, questionnaires and a personality
Hubscher-Davidson, Severine Emmanuelle
An empirical investigation into the effects of personality on the performance of French to English student translators. This thesis seeks to establish the extent to which personality characteristics impact on postgraduate students' translation work from French to English. The investigation is carried out by comparing and analysing parallel translations of French source texts into English target texts, using a number of methods. The main focus is on how translator behaviour influences the translation process, how this is reflected in the resulting target text and what the consequences are in terms of translation quality. The study aims to demonstrate the influence of personalities in translation, and better understand how they affect the loss or gain of certain elements during the translation task. Chapter 1 focuses on the review of different theories and models in TS which shed light on the translatorâs context and on the different factors that can potentially affect the way in which he behaves. It also reviews the few studies that have been carried out on translator behaviour, and more specifically on personality-related behaviour. Chapter 2 is dedicated to the three experiments carried out, which highlight patterns of behaviour in student translations through textual analysis, verbalisations, questionnaires and a personality
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