Abstract This article investigates the correlation between explicitation and increased cognitive load in simultaneous interpreting by trainee interpreters. It has been hypothesised, on the one hand, that certain explicitating shifts in simultaneous interpreting may be caused by increased cognitive load and they may be performed in an attempt to mask processing problems; and, on the other, that performing explicitating shifts may lead to increased cognitive load and trigger processing problems. The study triangulates product analysis (manual comparison of source and target texts) with process analysis (retrospective protocols of the participants). In the product the correlation between the occurrence of explicitating shifts and increased cognitive load is sought by identifying problem indicators in the form of three types of disfluency: hesitation markers, false starts and anomalous pauses exceeding two seconds (performance measure). Retrospective protocols are analysed in search of reports of explicitating shifts and/or increased cognitive load experienced and/or the cognitive effort expended (subjective measure). The product analysis shows the correlation between explicitating shifts and cognitive load at the level of 31%. The Spearman’s rank-order correlation coefficient r = 0.48 indicates that there is a positive association between these two variables. This finding is further confirmed by 122 retrospective comments of the subjects in the study.

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同声传译中的显化和认知负荷

摘要 本文研究了同声传译实习生同声传译中显化与认知负荷增加之间的相关性。一方面，人们假设同声传译中某些明确的转变可能是由增加的认知负荷引起的，它们可能是为了掩盖处理问题而进行的；另一方面，执行明确的转变可能会导致认知负荷增加并触发处理问题。该研究将产品分析（源文本和目标文本的手动比较）与过程分析（参与者的回顾性协议）三角化。在该产品中，通过识别三种不流利形式的问题指标来寻找显性转变的发生与认知负荷增加之间的相关性：犹豫标记、错误开始和超过两秒的异常停顿（性能测量）。分析回顾性协议以寻找关于明确转变和/或增加的认知负荷和/或花费的认知努力（主观测量）的报告。产品分析显示，显性转变与认知负荷之间的相关性为 31%。Spearman 的秩相关系数 r = 0.48 表明这两个变量之间存在正相关。