Trait emotional intelligence and translation:a study of professional translators

Abstract

A study of 155 professional translators was carried out to examine the relationship between trait emotional intelligence (trait EI) and literary translation, job satisfaction and career success. Participants were surveyed and their answers were correlated with scores from an emotional intelligence measure, the TEIQue. The analysis revealed that literary and non-literary translators have different trait EI profiles. Some significant correlations were found between trait EI and the variables of job satisfaction, career success, and literary translation experience. This is the first study to examine the effect of EI on translator working practices. Findings illustrate that trait EI may be predictive of some aspects of translator behaviour and highlight the relevance of exploring the emotional intelligence of professional translators.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/target.28.1.06hub
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College of Business and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences & Humanities > Centre for Language Research at Aston (CLaRA)
College of Business and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences & Humanities
College of Business and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences & Humanities > Centre for Critical Inquiry into Society and Culture (CCISC)
Additional Information: Hubscher-Davidson, S. (2016). Trait emotional intelligence and translation: a study of professional translators. Target, 28(1), 132-157. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/target.28.1.06hub © the publisher should be contacted for permission to re-use or reprint the material in any form.
Uncontrolled Keywords: professional translators,literary translation,job satisfaction,career success,trait emotional intelligence,Language and Linguistics,Linguistics and Language,Communication
Publication ISSN: 1569-9986
Last Modified: 25 Mar 2024 08:16
Date Deposited: 04 May 2016 13:09
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2016-05
Published Online Date: 2016-04-19
Accepted Date: 2016-01-01
Authors: Hubscher-Davidson, Séverine (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-9099-8390)

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