Improving the Emotional Intelligence of Translators: A Roadmap for an Experimental Training Intervention (Palgrave Studies in Translating and Interpreting) - Hardcover

Hubscher-Davidson, Séverine; Lehr, Caroline

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3030888592 ISBN 13: 9783030888596

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021

Synopsis

This book provides a unique roadmap for the design of an effective emotional intelligence (EI) intervention adapted to the needs of translators. Building on the growing interest in understanding the impact of translators’ emotions on their work, this book is the first to outline the key components of an 18-hour training intervention based on a sound theoretical basis and aiming to improve translators’ emotional competencies. Following a detailed review of the relevant literature in both translation studies and psychology, the book demonstrates the importance of soft skills for translators’ wellbeing, psychological health, and work performance. A number of important elements that need to be considered when designing an evidence-based intervention are discussed, such as appropriate safeguards, theory-based activities, psychometric measures, individual difference variables, and suitable coaching techniques. The book concludes with a discussion of other relevant aspects, such as the role of culture in EI interventions and promising areas for further study. It will appeal to students and scholars of translation studies, researchers interested in personality, occupational and developmental psychology, as well as professional translators and their representative bodies.

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About the Author

 

Séverine Hubscher-Davidson is Associate Professor in Translation at The Open University, UK. She has taught translation for over 15 years, and published articles on various aspects of translation psychology in well-established journals. Her book, Translation and Emotion: A Psychological Perspective (2017), tackles the impact of emotions on translation performance.

Caroline Lehr is Lecturer at Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland, where she teaches translation and translation theory. She has conducted post-doctoral research both at the Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, and University College London, UK. In her current research, she pursues an interdisciplinary approach integrating translation and psychology. 

 

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3030888592
• ISBN 13: 9783030888596
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 115