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What Process-Oriented TS Have to Say to FL Teaching

The Role of TAPs

Silvia Gasparini    Università degli Studi di Trieste, Italia    

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abstract

Research on translation processes using think-aloud protocols (TAPs) as the research design has recently received increasing attention in Translation Studies (TS). Such bulk of literature has produced many interesting findings about mental activities during the process of translation. In particular, it has helped uncover lexical search processes thanks to strategy identification through behavioral index-reading. The present paper surveys these studies with a particular eye on their potential use in the foreign language (FL) curriculum. Building on this analysis, an observational study is conducted which attempts to address how lexical failures in translation can be detected and re-directed in the ongoing translation process. The experience is to be considered a preliminary step for a systematic approach to the construction of experimental models in the field of process-oriented translation and reading-comprehension teaching.

Published
June 4, 2020
Accepted
Sept. 28, 2019
Submitted
June 10, 2019
Language
EN

Keywords: Index-reading • Process-oriented translation • Reading and translation skills • Lexical search strategies • Think-aloud protocols (TAPs)

permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/ELLE/2280-6792/2019/03/009

Copyright: © 2019 Silvia Gasparini. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.