同时解释文本中的词汇密度,词汇多样性和词汇复杂性:一种认知视角
1School of International Cooperation, Guangdong Polytechnic of Science and Technology, Zhuhai, China.
Frontiers in psychology
|October 19, 2023
概括
经验丰富的同步口译员使用更简单的词汇来管理认知负载. 与母语 (A-to-B) 翻译相比,翻译成非母语 (B-into-A) 会导致更简单的词汇特征.
科学领域:
- 认知语言学 认知语言学
- 语料库的语言学.
- 翻译研究 翻译研究
背景情况:
- 同时口译 (SI) 在认知上要求很高,基于解释方向性 (母语A语言与非母语B语言) 的不同认知负载.
- 认知需求和方向性显著影响翻译过程和输出质量.
研究的目的:
- 分析同步翻译的词汇特征,特别关注翻译方向性的影响.
- 调查非翻译演讲和翻译成母语 (A-into-B) 和非母语 (B-into-A) 语言的文本之间的词汇差异.
主要方法:
- 创建了一个专门的联合国安理会演讲集,包括非翻译的美国英语 (SubCorpusE),中英 (A-into-B,SubCorpusC-E) 和俄英 (B-into-A,SubCorpusR-E) 翻译的文本.
- 应用了十个词汇指标 (密度,多样性,复杂性) 来分析子公司.
- 在SubCorpusR-E与SubCorpusE之间进行统计比较,以及在SubCorpusR-E与SubCorpusC-E之间进行统计比较.
主要成果:
- 从俄语翻译成英语的文本 (B-into-A) 与未翻译的美国英语文本相比,显示出更简单的词汇特征.
- 翻译成非母语 (B-into-A) 的文本比翻译成母语 (A-into-B) 的文本表现出更简单的词汇特征.
- 这些词汇简化表明,经验丰富的口译员有意识的策略来管理认知负载.
结论:
- 经验丰富的同步口译员使用词汇简化策略来减轻认知负载.
- 解释方向性对解释文本的词汇复杂性产生重大影响.
- 研究结果提供了关于SI的认知方面,定向效应和词汇策略的见解,对口译员培训和质量保证有影响.
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