Think Aloud Protocol (TAP) for SLIs & Translators: Train the Trainer

If you are a SLI/T educator, mentor, trainer (or interested in becoming one): this workshop is for you!!

Whereas there are differences between the translation and (simultaneous) interpreting process, there are many similarities. This has led scholars to describe interpreting as a form of translation, acknowledging that both practices follow a certain process. Understanding these processes is what makes us better translators and interpreters. Additionally, understanding our own translating and interpreting process allows us to function better in, and as, a team.

These workshops will focus on how we can apply TAP for signed language interpreters and translators. The main aim is to offer you the knowledge and tools to use it in CPD or education.

Over two sessions (two hours each) Isabelle will introduce you to TAP in conjunction with the strategic model of translating and interpreting. The strategic model allows practitioners to analyse their own process in terms of strategies, triggers, and motivations.

Workshop 1: Wednesday 20th November 2024 (18:00-20:00)

Workshop 2: Thursday 5th December 2024 (18:00-20:00)

It invites reflective practice, increases metalinguistic awareness, and offers tools to discuss our decision-making processes. TAP stems from cognitive psychology and has been used in translation and signed language interpreting research as a method to collect introspective data.

TAP requires participants to verbalise their thoughts while executing a certain task. When applied to translation or interpreting it addresses questions such as “which translational choices do I have”, “which decisions did I make”.

Isabelle will demonstrate how integrating TAP in training practices enables (self)analysis of the translation or interpreting process and its outcomes in a safe environment. We will design Think Aloud Protocols and identify materials you can use in your own teaching, training, and/or mentoring.

4 x Structured CPD points

Trainer: Dr Isabelle Heyerick, RSLI (Trinity College Dublin)

Language of Instruction: English

Notetaker present: No

Cameras on or off? On preferably

Active/Passive Participation? Active

Recorded? No

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