The Effect of Emotions on Translation Performance
Journal
Research in Language
Date Issued
2021
Author(s)
Kitanovska-Kimovska, Sonja and Vladimir Cevtkoski
DOI
10.18778/1731-7533.19.2.05
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of emotions and some personality traits
on translation performance. It builds on Rojo and Ramos’s (2016) findings and is broadly
based on their methodology, but introduces some methodological changes. It replicates their
experiment with translation students in another language pair (English L2>Macedonian L1)
following their three step procedure: resiliency test, translation-bogus feedback-translation,
self-reporting questionnaire. Following their recommendations (ibid.), the change in
methodology involves using comparatively easier translation tasks. The paper aims to
provide answers as to: the effect of positive and negative emotions on overall translation
performance; the effect of positive and negative emotions on different aspects of translation
performance (accuracy vs. creativity) and the role of the personality trait of resilience in
regulating negative emotions.
on translation performance. It builds on Rojo and Ramos’s (2016) findings and is broadly
based on their methodology, but introduces some methodological changes. It replicates their
experiment with translation students in another language pair (English L2>Macedonian L1)
following their three step procedure: resiliency test, translation-bogus feedback-translation,
self-reporting questionnaire. Following their recommendations (ibid.), the change in
methodology involves using comparatively easier translation tasks. The paper aims to
provide answers as to: the effect of positive and negative emotions on overall translation
performance; the effect of positive and negative emotions on different aspects of translation
performance (accuracy vs. creativity) and the role of the personality trait of resilience in
regulating negative emotions.
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