Publication: Creativity and Translation Quality: Opposing Enemies or Friendly Allies?
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Rojo López, Ana M. ; Meseguer Cutillas, Purificación
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https://doi.org/10.7146/hjlcb.v0i57.106202
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©2018. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
This document is Published, version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Journal of Language and Communication in Business. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.7146/hjlcb.v0i57.106202
Abstract
In recent years, placing the translator’s agency at the fore of creativity research has drawn the scholars’ attention
towards the need to define the role of individual personality traits in creativity in the translation process. But many
questions still remain as to the role that a creative personality may play in the translation process and the final quality
of translation performance. The study proposed here specifically aims to investigate the consequences of a creative
profile for translation performance. The experiment correlates the scores of forty Spanish professional translators on
a validated creativity personality test with their scores on product indicators of creativity. Translations were rated for
accuracy and creativity by two different examiners. Results of the study suggest that creative intelligence plays a role
in guiding translational behaviour, directing the translator’s attention and fostering flexible thinking, but does not
necessarily guarantee higher quality in terms of number of translation errors.
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Hermes – Journal of Language and Communication in Business n. 57-2018
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