Minds between languages

Ever wondered what happens in the brain of a translator or an interpreter? How we can unravel the mysteries of the multilingual mind? What do we know about cognitive activities during translation and interpreting? Join us as we interview diverse specialists about the inner workings of interlingual reformulation. Minds Between Languages is also on YouTube! Design and Idea: Adolfo M. García. Post-production: Natasa Pavlovic and Anne Catherine Gieshoff. This podcast is endorsed by the Translation, Research, Empiricism and Cognition (TREC) network.

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Minds between languages

Visual input and interpreting

April 08, 2025 • Dr. Adolfo García

Hello and welcome to a new episode to Minds between Languages! Today is with us associate prof. Agnieszka Chmiel from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznán (Poland). She will share with us her expertise on visual input in interpreting.

Suggested readings

Chmiel, A., Janikowski, P., & Cieślewicz, A. (2020). The eye or the ear? Source language interference in sight translation and simultaneous interpreting. Interpreting. International Journal of Research and Practice in Interpreting, 22(2), 187-210.

Chmiel, A., Janikowski, P., & Lijewska, A. (2020). Multimodal processing in simultaneous interpreting with text: Interpreters focus more on the visual than the auditory modality. Target, 32(1), 37–58.

Li, T., & Chmiel, A. (2024). Automatic subtitles increase accuracy and decrease cognitive load in simultaneous interpreting. Interpreting. International Journal of Research and Practice in Interpreting, 26(2), 253–281.

Further resources

https://anglistyka.amu.edu.pl/pracownicy/agnieszka-chmiel

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This podcast is endorsed by the TREC Network - Translation, Research, Empiricism and Cognition.

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Anne Catherine Gieshoff, Ph.D

Co-host

Nataša Pavlović, Ph.D

Co-host