The hearts and minds of translators and interpreters

episode 28

“Emotions shape how we pay attention, how we remember, how we make decision. If we want to know how translation works, we can’t ignore emotions.”

Prof. Ana María Rojo López

Hello and welcome to this new episode of Minds between Languages! Today, we talk with Ana María Rojo López, full professor at the University of Murcia (Spain), about emotion in translation and interpreting.

Disclaimer: The subtitles available in the youtube-video are machine-generated and may contain errors.

Naranjo, B., & Rojo López, A. M. (2021). In and out of tune: The effects of musical (in)congruence on translation. Target. International Journal of Translation Studies, 33(1), 132–156. https://doi.org/10.1075/target.19076.nar

Rojo, A., & Ramos Caro, M. (2016). Can emotion stir translation skill? Defining the impact of positive and negative emotions on translation performance. In R. Muñoz Martín (Ed.), Benjamins Translation Library (Vol. 128, pp. 107–130). John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.128.06roj

Rojo López, A. M. (2024). Translating manner: The impact of violence on translation students’ strategies, affect and narrative transportation. Acta Linguistica Hafniensia, 56(2), 298–316. https://doi.org/10.1080/03740463.2024.2413792

Rojo López, A. M., Cifuentes Férez, P., & Espín López, L. (2021). The influence of time pressure on translation trainees’ performance: Testing the relationship between self-esteem, salivary cortisol and subjective stress response. PLOS ONE, 16(9), e0257727. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257727

ojo López, A. M. a, Meseguer Cutillas, P.. (2021). The effect of attitude towards Catalonia’s independence on response latency when translating ideologically conflicting press headlines. Onomázein Revista de Lingüística Filología y Traducción, 8, 128–145. https://doi.org/10.7764/onomazein.ne8.02

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