Self-efficacy as a protective factor when translating under time pressure
- Paula Cifuentes-Férez 1
- Ana Rojo López 1
- Laura Espín López 1
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Universidad de Murcia
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ISSN: 1697-0381
Year of publication: 2024
Issue: 21
Pages: 35-66
Type: Article
More publications in: VIAL, Vigo international journal of applied linguistics
Abstract
El objetivo principal de este trabajo es investigar las relaciones entre la autoeficacia de los estudiantes de traducción y las respuestas hormonales y subjetivas ante la situación de estrés que supone traducir bajo presión temporal y cómo estas pueden repercutir en su rendimiento en la traducción. Los participantes completaron un cuestionario en el que se les preguntaba por sus creencias de autoeficacia (Costa, Serrano, y Salvador, 2016) y otros dos cuestionarios autoinformados: el Inventario de Ansiedad Estado-Rasgo (Spielberger, Gorsuch, Lushene, Vagg, y Jacobs, 1983) y el Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (Watson, Clark, y Tellegen, 1988). Asimismo, se les pidió que tradujeran tres textos literarios comparables del inglés al español en diferentes condiciones de límite de tiempo. Al terminar, completaron un cuestionario sobre sus percepciones y sentimientos acerca de su desempeño. Se recogieron, además, cinco muestras salivales de cortisol en diferentes momentos de la sesión experimental. En general, nuestros resultados muestran que las creencias de autoeficacia son un factor protector contra el estrés que reduce el impacto negativo de traducir bajo presión temporal. En lo que respecta a la calidad de la traducción, los estudiantes de traducción con mayor autoeficacia parecen producir textos meta menos precisos en términos de significado en la condición con mayor presión temporal que aquellos estudiantes con creencias de autoeficacia más bajas. Asimismo, un mayor nivel de cortisol parece tener un efecto beneficioso sobre la precisión del texto meta en la misma condición.
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