Abstract Many factors can affect the translation and interpreting process, but the quality of source texts has been explicitly identified as an issue in surveys of professional translators and interpreters as well as in recent workplace studies. If translators and interpreters encounter resistance in carrying out their tasks, for example by difficulties in extracting meaning from non-native English input, then flow can be interrupted and performance affected. In this paper, we explore how English as a lingua franca (ELF) input could potentially increase the cognitive load not only for translators and interpreters but also for other multilinguals. We describe the range of methods that can be used to measure the cognitive effort and stress associated with processing ELF input and explain the challenges that can be encountered when researchers are committed to using authentic ELF material to make comparisons under relatively controlled but ecologically valid conditions. One of the driving motivators for this type of research is to understand how interpreters and translators deploy their expertise to deal with ELF input in work settings in order to draw inferences about strategies for other segments of the population.

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处理 ELF 的认知负荷：翻译、口译和其他多语种人员

摘要 许多因素会影响笔译和口译过程，但在专业笔译员和口译员的调查以及最近的工作场所研究中，源文本的质量已被明确确定为一个问题。如果笔译员和口译员在执行任务时遇到阻力，例如难以从非母语英语输入中提取含义，则流程可能会中断并影响性能。在本文中，我们探讨了英语作为通用语言 (ELF) 输入如何潜在地增加翻译和口译员以及其他多语言者的认知负担。我们描述了可用于测量与处理 ELF 输入相关的认知努力和压力的方法范围，并解释了当研究人员致力于使用真实的 ELF 材料在相对受控但生态有效的条件下进行比较时可能遇到的挑战。此类研究的驱动因素之一是了解口译员和笔译员如何运用他们的专业知识来处理工作环境中的 ELF 输入，以便推断其他人群的策略。