关键词: 译者; 元认知; 元认知监控; 思辨倾向; 翻译能力

Abstract:

A translator’s metacognitive monitoring and disposition toward critical thinking are critical to his or her competence in translation. However, the potential correlations among these three variables remain to be explored. Using three questionnaires, namely “On Translator’ s Metacognitive Monitoring”, “On Disposition toward Translator’s Critical Thinking”, and “A Translation Test”, this study examined 163 experienced translators who had at least 100 hours of translation experience, with the aim of determining how a translator’s metacognitive monitoring, disposition toward critical thinking, and translation competence affect one another. It was found that both a translator’s metacognitive monitoring and disposition toward critical thinking are significantly correlated with his or her translation competence. Moreover, the model established among the above three variables indicated that a translator’s metacognitive monitoring directly affects his or her translation competence and indirectly affects his or her translation competence through the variable of the translator’s disposition toward critical thinking. Therefore, it is suggested that a translator’s cognitive monitoring ability be properly cultivated and developed in translation teaching so as to enhance his or her translation competence. Additionally, attention should be paid to a translator’s disposition toward critical thinking, as it can also contribute to gaining greater translation competence.

Keywords: translator; metacognition; metacognitive monitoring; disposition toward critical thinking; translation competence