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

摘要：

本文采用译者元认知监控调查问卷、译者思辨倾向调查问卷和翻译测试问卷，对163名翻译实践时长超过100小时的译者进行了调查，以探讨译者元认知监控能力和思辨倾向对翻译能力的影响。研究人员发现译者元认知监控能力及思辨倾向与其翻译能力都呈显著正相关，并据此建立了译者元认知监控和思辨倾向对翻译能力的影响模型。在该模型中，译者元认知监控直接影响翻译能力，并通过思辨倾向这一潜在变量作用于翻译能力。研究表明，翻译教学在关注培养译者元认知监控能力训练的同时，也要重视培养译者积极的思辨倾向。

关键词: 译者, 元认知, 元认知监控, 思辨倾向, 翻译能力