Translators’ Personality Types, Functions, and Revision Behavior

Authors

  • Movahedeh Sadat Mousavi 📧 Ph.D. Candidate in Translation Studies, Department of English Translation Studies, Faculty of Persian Literature and Foreign Languages, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7333-850X
  • Dr. Hussein Mollanazar Associate Professor in Translation Studies, Department of English Translation Studies, Faculty of Persian Literature and Foreign Languages, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Translators’ personality can provide insights to better understanding of the effects of personality types and functions in translation. In this vein, current study seeks to identify the dominant personality functions in translators as revisers and to shed light on the relationship between freelance translators’ personality functions and their revision behavior. To this end, a questionnaire was developed consisting of three sections as demographic information, the revision behavior, and MBTI personality test with 207 freelance translators participating in the research. Regarding the data analysis, Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) was conducted and subsequent statistical tests were run. As for the results, no significant correlations could be established between personality types, translation and revision behaviors except for the working fields of translation, the frequent pauses, and the level of their familiarity with the field being translated.

Keywords:

Personality functions, Revision behaviors, Translators’ personality types

Author Biographies

Movahedeh Sadat Mousavi, Ph.D. Candidate in Translation Studies, Department of English Translation Studies, Faculty of Persian Literature and Foreign Languages, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran

This author is a Ph.D. Candidate of Translation Studies in Allameh Tabataba'i University and she has completed her M.A. in that university as well. She is one of the authors of the textbook entitled, "Translation of scientific and technical texts". Moreover, she has also published a few translations and research papers.

Dr. Hussein Mollanazar, Associate Professor in Translation Studies, Department of English Translation Studies, Faculty of Persian Literature and Foreign Languages, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran

Dr. Hussein Mollanazar is currently an associate professor in Allameh Tabataba'i University, Department of English Translation Studies, Faculty of Persian Literature and Foreign Languages. He has translated and written several books and punblished many articles in this field of study. 

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2024-07-26

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Mousavi, M. S., & Mollanazar, H. (2024). Translators’ Personality Types, Functions, and Revision Behavior. Iranian Journal of Translation Studies, 22(86). Retrieved from https://journal.translationstudies.ir/ts/article/view/1186

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Vol. 22 No. 86 (2024): Iranian Journal of Translation Studies

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