The Healthy and Fit Translator: A Reality or a Necessity?

Autor/inn/en	Peñalver, Elena Alcalde; Santamaría Urbieta, Alexandra
Titel	The Healthy and Fit Translator: A Reality or a Necessity?
Quelle	In: Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 14 (2020) 4, S.461-477 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1750-399X
DOI	10.1080/1750399X.2020.1842096
Schlagwörter	Translation; Language Processing; Second Languages; Human Factors Engineering; Work Environment; Life Style; Pilot Projects; Professional Personnel; Profiles; Corporations; Self Employment; Part Time Employment; Employment Level; Cross Cultural Studies; Physical Activity Level; Foreign Countries; Work Attitudes; Productivity; Sleep; Eating Habits; Health; Health Behavior; Nutrition; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachverarbeitung; Second language; Zweitsprache; Arbeitsmilieu; Lebensstil; Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; Personalbestand; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Unternehmen; Self-employment; Selbstbestimmte Arbeit; Selbstständiger; Part-time employment; Teilzeitbeschäftigung; Beschäftigungsgrad; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Ausland; Work attitude; Arbeitshaltung; Produktivität; Schlaf; Ernährungsgewohnheit; Essgewohnheit; Gesundheit; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Ernährung; Spanien
Abstract	Recent research studies in translation devote increasing attention to the pivotal role that ergonomics plays in translators' workplaces. However, there are no previous research studies that focus on how effective translators' lifestyles are and provide results on how necessary it is to improve them. The aim of this paper is to show results from a pilot qualitative research study conducted in Spain with a focus group composed of a representative from four different professional profiles from the translation industry: a part-time employee at a translation company, a full-time employee at a translation company, a freelance translator, and an intern at a translation company. The focus group followed a non-structured interview and the list of topics ranged from changes in sleeping and eating patterns and regularity of physical activity depending on the volume of work translators had, to health problems related to these variations in their daily routines. Participants' qualitative answers have shed light on the topic and have allowed us to develop a questionnaire that will be distributed internationally to compare data from different countries in a future study of a wider scope. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01