Translation and Emotion: A Psychological Perspective

ISBN-13: 9781138855335 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Publication date: 11/01/2017 Series: Routledge Advances in Translation and Interpreting Studies Pages: 250 Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d) This volume tackles one of the most promising and interdisciplinary developments in modern Translation Studies: the psychology of translation. It applies the scientific study of emotion to the study of translation and translators in order to shed light on how emotions can impact decision-making and problem-solving when translating. The book offers a new critical approach to the study of emotion in translation by analysing translators' accounts of their experiences, as well as drawing on a case study of emotional intelligence involving 155 professional translators. The author identifies three distinctive areas where emotions influence translators: emotional material contained in source texts, their own emotions, and the emotions of source and target readers. In order to explore the r