Borshchovetska, V.
(2022).
Cognitive approach to translation and vocabulary processing: Modern approaches, challenges and perspectives.
International Journal of Philology,
13(1),
41-49.
https://doi.org/10.31548/philolog2022.01.041
This article describes the methods for investigating thе process of translation, sets out the cognitive approach to translation and acquisition of vocabulary. Based on the existing models of translation, this requires careful analysis of correlation between cognitive processes, working memory and long-term memory. Phases of translation are identified and analysed. The interdisciplinary nature of translation as a process and data drawn from different related sciences are demonstrated. The translators’/interpreters’ own processes during translations are highlighted and their importance shown. The article describes the methods of researching the process of translation. From the analysis it is suggested that there are six cognitive models to evaluate the role of cognitive processes involved into translation or interpretation. They can be classified into three groups: interpretive theory of translation (Seleskovitch (1968) and Leder (1981), psycholinguistic and cognitive model (Bell, 1991), cognitive and translation model (Kirally (1995). The problem-solving and decision-making model (Wills (1996) considers the process of translation as one of decision making, including mental activity based on schema. Particular efforts needed during the process of translation are discovered. Within the cognitive approach to translation process the new perspective are expected to become established and any problems with it to be solved. This will involve searching the new models for further insights into the process of translation, finding the new related methods, discovering ways to enlarge the translator’s memory, and researching the mental processes associated with machine translation
cognitive approach; сognitive translation models; translator efforts; translator behaviour; methods of translation process research
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