An empirical study on vertical or horizontal vision for reading in translation
Reading can be applied in two different stages in translation.The vertical vision sees reading as a pre-translating task which precedes translation practice while the horizontal vision holds that reading can be applied as a while-reading task in which reading and translation are horizontal and they intersect retroac-tively.Which one plays a more facilitative role in enhancing translation teaching?Starting from a detailed look into the two variants of the reading task and based on the teaching practice of continuation task in translation,this paper presents a comparative study on the effects of reading as a pre-translating stage and a while-translating stage.In this empirical study,classroom teaching was conducted respectively in an ex-perimental class(horizontal vision)and a control class(vertical vision).The subjects from both classes are undergraduate English majors.The t-test results of the translation quiz show that the experimental class excel the control class in the five indexes regarding adequateness of translation.Meanwhile,classroom ob-servation is consistent with the assessment result that the experimental class outperforms the control class in terms of fluency.Subjects from the experimental class were asked to complete a questionnaire by rating themselves according to their behaviors in horizontal reading.The results indicate that horizontal reading has enhanced the interaction between reading and translation.Based on these findings,we summarize the reasons for the facilitative effect of the horizontal vision as follows.First,it helps students to get a deeper understanding of the source text and to make clear of the target-text standard that they need to conform to.Secondly,it is helpful for students to overcome the limitations of short-term memory and integrate the tasks of comprehension and imitation in a shorter time.Thirdly,it is conducive for students to form a com-parison-contrast and problem-solution framework in translation practice.
horizontal visionvertical visoncontinuation task in translationtranslation teaching
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