A dozen specially commissioned papers for the Kent Psychology Forum held in May 1995 in Millersburg, Ohio. They explore how current psycholinguistic research can inform the empirical models now used in foreign language translation and interpreting, the unique character of those tasks as cross-linguistic information processing, and how the study of translation and interpreting might contribute to research in cognitive psychology. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or. With the accelerating emergence of global markets comes a demand for high quality translation and interpretation at all levels of business, government and academia - and therefore highly developed cognitive skills in two languages.The interdisciplinary contributions in this authoritative volume provide a strong foundation for improvement in these skills. The authors apply concepts and methods of cognitive science to translation, focusing on the relationship between translation theory, research and practice.
