Translation and Interpreting As Social Interaction: Affect, Behavior and Cognition

Adopting the tripartite theory of social psychology as its theoretical framework, this book advocates that the three components of social interaction – affect, behaviour, and cognition – underpin the daily activities of translators and interpreters. In particular, it argues that the affect or emotion of translators and interpreters should not be overlooked or treated as a separate entity, but as a crucial link between their mental process (cognition) and physical process (behaviour). This central theme of the intertwining nature of the affect, behaviour and cognition of translators and interpreters is examined theoretically, empirically, and methodologically with contributions from around the world, featuring literary translation, translator training, and interpreters’ practice. It is a timely contribution to the field of Translation Process Research where affect is increasingly recognised as playing a key role in translation and interpreting phenomena.

Claire Y. Shih is Associate Professor in Translation and Interpreting Studies at University College London, UK.

Jeremy Munday is Director of the Centre for Translation Studies, University of Leeds, UK.

Caiwen Wang is Senior Lecturer in Translation and Interpreting Studies at the University of Westminster, UK.

Kathryn Batchelor is Professor of Translation Studies at University College London (UCL), UK. Her research interests encompass translation theory, translation history, philosophies of translation, and translation in or involving Africa. She is the author of Decolonizing Translation (2009) and Translation and Paratexts (2018), and has co-edited six volumes of essays, including Intimate Enemies: Translation in Francophone Contexts (2013), co-edited with Claire Bisdorff; Translating Frantz Fanon Across Continents and Languages (2017), co-edited with Sue-Ann Harding; and Translation, Trouvailles (2023), co-edited with Chantal Wright. For a full list of publications, see https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/71119-kathryn-batchelor/publications