Eyetracking and Cognitive Load in Translation

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Eye-tracking and Cognitive Load in Translation

• Sharon OBrien
• School of Applied Language and Intercultural
  Studies
• Dublin City University

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Background

• Translators and Technology
• Translation Memory Tools
• Terminology Management Tools
• Machine Translation
• ( Controlled Authoring Tools)
• Localisation Tools

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The Question

• When a translator is working with a translation
  memory tool, do different match types place
  different cognitive loads on the translator?
• Is it justifiable to pay a translator different
  rates for different match types?
• Can eye-tracking help in answering these
  questions?

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Typical Translation Memory Setup
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A Machine Translation Match
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An Exact Match
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Hypothesis-Generating Study

• Proposed Analysis of
• Gaze Replay with Translator retrospective
  commentary
• Hotspots
• Pupil Dilation per Match Type
• Processing Speed