Text and risk in translation
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TL;DR
It follows that, from the perspective of this model, text linguistics is an inadequate basis for the analysis of translatorial decisions, and a few possible critiques of this negative finding are closed.
Abstract
The following is a model of how translators make decisions when translating. The central idea is that translators distribute their effort in terms of the risks involved in rendering different textual elements. The model can thus draw on the field of risk analysis, particularly with respect to neo-classical economics and its various psychologies. In this presentation, however, our main concern will be with the way risk analysis can be related to text analysis. Our main suggestion is that text analysis is an inadequate basis for risk analysis. It follows that, from the perspective of this model, text linguistics is an inadequate basis for the analysis of translatorial decisions. Our presentation will close with a few possible critiques of this negative finding.