How external and internal factors affect translators' source preferences – survey results.
Existing studies on translators' information-seeking behavior (ISB) have either investigated translators in general or a selected group of translators (e.g. legal translators). The aim of this study was to investigate whether there were differences in the source preferences of translators according...
| Publicado en: | Perspectives: Studies in Translatology Vol. 33; no. 5; pp. 970 - 998 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=189083936&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 189083936 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 0907676X S2F jtl: Perspectives: Studies in Translatology issn: 0907676X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Oct2025 vid: 33 iid: 5 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 189083936 10.1080/0907676X.2024.2342263 ppf: 970 ppct: 28 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 2.9MB tig: atl: How external and internal factors affect translators' source preferences – survey results. aug: au: Sycz-Opoń, Joanna Paradowska, Urszula affil: Institute of Linguistics, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland Department of Foreign Languages, The Jacob of Paradies University, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland su: Translators Information-seeking behavior Questionnaires Expertise Age sug: subj: Translators Information-seeking behavior Questionnaires Expertise Age keyword: ISB professional translators source use ab: Existing studies on translators' information-seeking behavior (ISB) have either investigated translators in general or a selected group of translators (e.g. legal translators). The aim of this study was to investigate whether there were differences in the source preferences of translators according to selected factors, such as age, experience, direction of translation, use of CAT tools, post-editing practice, working language, and translation speed. The data were collected through a survey of 226 Polish professional translators. In order to examine the possible differences, we compared the answers of the selected translator subgroups (divided according to the above factors) to one question: 'On a scale of 1–5, how often do you use the following sources when translating?' The results were tested for statistical significance. It was found that the authorless online sources were used more often by younger and less experienced translators. MT and CAT technologies do not relieve translators of information research (no drastic differences in the frequency of source use). Translation into the mother tongue generally requires more source consultation than translation into the L2. Translators using technology rely more on non-traditional information sources. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Perspectives: Studies in Translatology is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Perspectives: Studies in Translatology holder: Taylor & Francis Ltd dt: @attributes: year: 2025 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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