34.730, Books: Computer-assisted simultaneous interpreting: Prandi

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Subject: 34.730, Books: Computer-assisted simultaneous interpreting: Prandi

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Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2023 01:24:13
From: Sebastian Nordhoff [sebastian.nordhoff at langsci-press.org]
Subject: Computer-assisted simultaneous interpreting: Prandi

Title: Computer-assisted simultaneous interpreting 
Subtitle: A cognitive-experimental study on terminology 
Series Title: Translation and Multilingual Natural Language Processing  

Publication Year: 2023 
Publisher: Language Science Press
	   http://langsci-press.org

Book URL: https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/348 

Author: Bianca Prandi

Electronic: ISBN:  978396110397 Pages: 310 Price: Europe EURO 0 Comment: Open Access

Abstract:

The present work explores computer-assisted simultaneous interpreting (CASI)
from a primarily cognitive perspective. Despite concerns over the potentially
negative impact of computer-assisted interpreting (CAI) tools on interpreters’
cognitive load (CL), this hypothesis remains untested. Previous research is
restricted to the evaluation of the CASI product and a methodology for the
process-oriented evaluation of CASI and the empirical evidence for its
cognitive modelling are missing. Overcoming these limitations appears
essential to advance CAI research, particularly to foster a deeper
understanding of the cognitive aspects of CAI through a validated research
methodology and to determine the feasibility of the integration of CAI tools
into the interpreting process. This book tests and validates a methodology for
the combined exploration of the product and process of CASI.

Quantitative and qualitative data were collected during an eyetracking
experiment at the Translation & Cognition Centre of the University of Mainz.
The study followed a convergent mixed-method and multi-method approach and
involved nine interpreting students. Prior to the experimental task, the
informants were trained in the use of three terminology support tools: a
digital glossary in PDF format, a CAI tool with manual look-up, and a mock-up
CAI tool with integrated automatic speech recognition (ASR) for terminology.
After several pre-tests, the participants interpreted three speeches from
English into their native German using a different tool each time. To increase
comparability between the three conditions and control for potentially
confounding variables, the speeches were validated during a pilot study. The
students’ gaze data and deliveries were recorded and analysed. Qualitative
data on the informants’ perception of the tools were collected post-hoc. In
the study, several performance, behavioural, and subjective measures were
analysed: terminological accuracy and errors and omissions; glossary queries,
ear-voice span, inter-cluster pause duration, time to first fixation, average
fixation duration, and fixation time; qualitative questionnaire responses. The
findings provide insights into the effects of CAI tools on CL and attention
allocation in interpreter-CAI tool interaction during simultaneous
interpreting.

As this is the first study on in-process CAI tool use with a markedly
cognitive orientation, it entails significant implications for the
methodological development of CAI research and the design of future studies on
cognitive aspects of CASI, while raising additional questions in need of
further investigation.

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics
                     Psycholinguistics
                     Translation

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Written In: English  (eng)

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