关键词: 英语专业; 相关分析; 人格特质; 汉英翻译绩效

Abstract: With an interdisciplinary approach both in translation studies and psychology, the relationship between individual personality and translation competence has attracted increasing attention in light of its theoretical and pedagogical significance. This paper attempts to make a correlative analysis between English majors’ personality traits and their achievements in C-E translation. It is principally based on the Five Factor Model (FFM) proposed by Paul T. Costa, Jr. and Robert R. McCrae, and a related scale called Big Five Inventory (BFI). Taking 30 senior English majors from East China University of Science and Technology as a random sample, this paper analyzes their scores for FFM in five dimensions, C-E Translation course, College Chinese course and TEM-4 with the STATA statistical software. According to the results, it is concluded that: (1) the categories of Openness to Experience and Conscientiousness have a positive correlation with students’ achievements in C-E Translation; (2) the category of Extraversion tends to demonstrate a negative correlation with translation achievements; (3) the correlation between students’ achievements in C-E translation and the category of Neuroticism or Agreeableness is weak or even indistinct. Furthermore, the impacts of several factors such as time and language competence are examined so as to enhance the reliability and validity of the study. According to the examination, the correlation between students’ performance in C-E translation and their language competence of Chinese or English is proven positive. Therefore, based on those findings above, this paper puts forward suggestions, discusses the limitations and provides reference for further pedagogical studies.

Keywords: correlation analysis; personality traits; achievements in C-E Translation