The behavioural translation style space: Towards simulating the temporal dynamics of affect, behaviour, and cognition in human translation production

The paper introduces a novel behavioural translation style space (BTSS) that describes
possible behavioural translation patterns. The suggested BTSS is organized as a
hierarchical structure that entails various embedded processing layers. We posit that
observable translation behaviour – i.e. eye and finger movements – is fundamental when
executing the physical act of translation but it is caused and shaped by higher-order
cognitive processes and affective translation states. We analyse records of keystrokes and
gaze data as indicators of the hidden mental processing structure and organize the
behavioural patterns as a multi-layered embedded BTSS. We develop a perspective in
which the BTSS serves as the basis for a computational translation agent to simulate the
temporal dynamics of affect, behavioural routines and cognition during human
translation production.