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https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1640| Publication type: | Book part |
| Type of review: | Editorial review |
| Title: | Investigating the ergonomics of the technologized translation workplace |
| Authors: | Ehrensberger-Dow, Maureen Hunziker Heeb, Andrea |
| DOI: | 10.21256/zhaw-1640 10.1075/btl.128 |
| Published in: | Reembedding translation process research |
| Editors of the parent work: | Muñoz Martín, Ricardo |
| Page(s): | 69 |
| Pages to: | 88 |
| Issue Date: | 2016 |
| Series: | Benjamins translation library |
| Series volume: | 128 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | John Benjamins |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Amsterdam |
| ISBN: | 978-90-272-5874-8 |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Translation; ErgoTrans; Cognition; Ergonomics |
| Subject (DDC): | 418.02: Translating and interpreting 620: Engineering |
| Abstract: | The modern translation workplace is characterized by intensive human-computer interaction and heavy use of language technology. In such settings, translators are subject to temporal and spatial constraints that can be mitigated or accentuated by good and poor ergonomic design, respectively. In the research reported here, an ergonomic framework encompassing physical, cognitive, and organizational aspects of the workplace has been used to gain insights into the situated activity of translation. The multi-method approach includes screen and video recordings, interviews, and ergonomic assessments at the workplace. The results of a case from our corpus reported here suggest that apparently minor disturbances can have a negative effect on the efficiency of the translation process and potentially impact job satisfaction and even health. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/2627 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | Licence according to publishing contract |
| Departement: | Applied Linguistics |
| Organisational Unit: | Institute of Translation and Interpreting (IUED) |
| Published as part of the ZHAW project: | Cognitive and Physical Ergonomics of Translation |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen Angewandte Linguistik |
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