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Same interpretation – different sex. Do implicit theories determine the perception of simultaneous interpreting quality?
Pradas Macías, Esperanza Macarena
Sánchez Santa-Bárbara, Emilio
2023
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e-ISSN
2421-714X
Abstract
This empirical study analyses the impact of a psychological factor, namely implicit theories (IT), on the perception of the quality of a simultaneous interpretation (SI). The study aims to contribute to research into interpreting quality by analysing the interrelationship between recipients’ IT and their evaluation of a SI. Research on IT has focused on the answer to questions such as what makes a success or failure in different domains. Building on a perspective initiated in 2019 in which the study of IT was adapted for interpreting quality research, this study presents a new audio manipulation method that enabled the researchers to change the female voice of a German-Spanish SI (Audio A) into a male voice (Audio B), in order to study the impact of gender on quality assessment in SI. The quality expectations of 63 users (laypersons) and 54 interpreter trainees (semi-experts) are also analysed. The results lend empirical support for the IT hypothesis regarding gender-related professionalism. In addition, in accordance with the IT hypothesis, being a layperson or semi-expert moderates the effect of the evaluation of different aspects measured in both audios on the perceived overall quality of the interpreter’s work.
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Esperanza Macarena Pradas Macías, Emilio Sánchez Santa-Bárbara, "Same interpretation – different sex. Do implicit theories determine the perception of simultaneous interpreting quality?" in: "The Interpreters' Newsletter n. 28 - 2023", EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, Trieste, 2023, pp. 37-67
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en
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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