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The impact of text type on Chinese-English translation effort: an investigation with reference to translation entropy

Linguistics and Languages

The impact of text type on Chinese-English translation effort: an investigation with reference to translation entropy

X. Liu and Y. Cui

This groundbreaking research by Xiao Liu and Ying Cui delves into how different types of source texts affect Chinese-English translation effort. Through innovative eye-tracking and key-logging experiments, the study reveals significant variations in translation effort, highlighting the complex relationship between text features and translation uncertainty.

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Abstract
This research explores the impact of source text type on Chinese-English translation effort using translation entropy. An eye-tracking and key-logging experiment with 31 student translators translating legal, advertising, news, and poetic texts showed significant differences in effort across text types, measurable through subjective ratings, fixation, pause, translation time, and edits. Translation entropy, a measure of translation uncertainty, also differed significantly among text types, indicating that source text features affect translation uncertainty and, consequently, translation effort. The findings confirm the reliability of translation entropy as a predictor of translation effort.
Publisher
Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Published On
May 25, 2024
Authors
Xiao Liu, Ying Cui
Tags
translation effort
Chinese-English
translation entropy
eye-tracking
text types
student translators
translation uncertainty

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