TAP(Think-Aloud Protocol)에 나타난 일한번역학습자의 번역 성향

A TAP(Think-Aloud Protocol)-Based Study of the Japanese-into-Korean Translation Process of Translation Trainees

This study aims to look into the translation process of Japanese Korean student translators utilizing a Think-Aloud Protocol method. The process-oriented translation studies started to gain attention only recently because of the lack of an adequate methodology to perform them. Despite few of the limitations it may entail, TAP is currently the most efficient and reliable method acknowledged by scholars to tap into the translation process. In addition, TAP method allows the use of a large scale of data to analyze what goes on inside the brains of translators the so-called black box while translating. For the TAP study, seven second-year students studying at the GSIT of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies were chosen as the subjects. The data analysis included collecting TAP tapes, transcribing them, and analyzing the contents to find out whether a general tendency can be detected in the translation process. The TAP tapes reveal some of the difficulties commonly experienced by the student translators during the translation process as well as the strategies adopted to overcome them. One of the significant findings is that the subjects showed heavy reliance on the Internet to research for solutions while translating. The translators resorted to the Internet to research for many Korean expressions, to check the availability of the Target Language counterparts and collocation. The findings show that emphasis should be placed on teaching ways to devise adequate translation skills and strategies during translation education, particularly, not only at microscopic level but also at macroscopic level. Students should also be taught that the Internet can serve as a reference only and be trained to see its limitations as well as the potential utility.