Are parallel translation tasks parallel in difficulty? an eyetracking study.

This study explores translation task equivalence by comparing parallel translation test tasks in levels of difficulty, using eyetracking, as well as NASA-TLX and retrospection. It also examines the effectiveness of measures of translation difficulty when differences in translation difficulty may be...

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Publicado en:Perspectives: Studies in Translatology Vol. 30; no. 4; pp. 711 - 727
Autores principales: Chengsong Yang, Yimeng Wang, Na Fan
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Aug2022
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          School of International Studies, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China.
          School of International Studies, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China.
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