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Author Lehka-Paul, Olha, author

Title Personality matters : the translator's personality in the process of self-revision / Olha Lehka-Paul
Published Leuven : Leuven University Press, 2020

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Summary The analysis of translated texts and investigations into the cognitive mechanisms involved in the process of translation have been at the core of translation studies so far. Yet 'Personality Matters' ventures into the previously uncharted territories by bringing the translator's inherent psychological and cognitive features into the limelight. Combining psychology and translation studies, this monograph looks into the role of the translator's psychological features in self-revision, the main decision-making activity in translation. This groundbreaking study succeeds in laying bare certain traits in the translator's personality that distinguish him or her from non-translators, and shows that the translator's personality matters in the process of translation, making it an individual journey of trial and error for each translator. The book is of particular topical importance within the burgeoning field of translation studies, for while translation may be ubiquitous in the modern globalized world, the person behind it very often remains unnoticed
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed November 16, 2020)
Subject Translating and interpreting -- Psychological aspects
Personality.
Personality
Personality
Translating and interpreting -- Psychological aspects
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789461663436
9461663439