Socio-Cognitive Translation Studies: Processes and Networks

Socotrans Research Group

Translators are constantly confronted with new cognitive, social and technological challenges. Accordingly, our research centres on translators in their current work settings, be they organisations, freelance translation networks or non-professional virtual contexts.

In particular, we study the changes that are currently affecting translation work contexts, especially those relating to the increasing heterogeneity of translation tasks and work processes, new forms of cooperation and the rapid technological change. A crucial aspect thereby is our critical reflection on the consequences of these changes with regard to the opportunities for action and decision processes of the people involved.

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Current News and Events

31.07.2023
 

Celebrating a major milestone: after 134.5 h of observation and 13.5 h of interviews, the main part of the data collection is done.

27.06.2023
 

Doctoral and Teacher-Training Translation Studies Summer School (DOTTSS)

12–22 June, 2023

Tampere University, Finland

15.05.2023
 

II International Summer School on Cognitive Translation & Interpreting Studies

Cartagena, Spain, 5 - 16 June 2023

02.05.2023
 

Retrex (Rethinking Translation Expertise), funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, has been extended for another year

25.04.2023
 

Ever wondered what "MAXQDA" stands for? Find out what a classic German sociologist has to do with modern computer-assisted data analysis...

11.04.2023
 

Linking research and teaching: Hanna Risku has supervised nearly 30 master's theses in relation to the FWF funded "Retrex" research project.

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