Toward a Behavioural Translation Style Space: Simulating the Temporal Dynamics of Affect, Behaviour, and Cognition in Human Translation Production

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2507.12208v1
• Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:10:10 GMT
• Title: Toward a Behavioural Translation Style Space: Simulating the Temporal Dynamics of Affect, Behaviour, and Cognition in Human Translation Production
• Abstract summary: The paper introduces a Behavioural Translation Style Space (BTSS) that describes possible behavioural translation patterns.<n>We posit that observable translation behaviour is fundamental when executing the physical act of translation but it is caused and shaped by higher-order cognitive processes and affective translation states.<n>The BTSS serves as the basis for a computational translation agent to simulate the temporal dynamics of affect, automatized behaviour and cognition during human translation production.
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• Abstract: The paper introduces a Behavioural Translation Style Space (BTSS) that describes possible behavioural translation patterns. The suggested BTSS is organized as a hierarchical structure that entails various embedded processing layers. We posit that observable translation behaviour - i.e., eye and finger movements - is fundamental when executing the physical act of translation but it is caused and shaped by higher-order cognitive processes and affective translation states. We analyse records of keystrokes and gaze data as indicators of the hidden mental processing structure and organize the behavioural patterns as a multi-layered embedded BTSS. The BTSS serves as the basis for a computational translation agent to simulate the temporal dynamics of affect, automatized behaviour and cognition during human translation production.

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