@article{16d8c0fd32b647e18f4ddd7525ce3b53,
title = "(Not) Lost in Translation: Psychological Adaptation Occurs During Speech Translation",
abstract = "While language style is considered to be automatic and relatively stable, its plasticity has not yet been studied in translations that require the translator to “step into the shoes of another person.” In the present study, we propose a psychological model of language adaptation in translations. Focusing on an established interindividual difference marker of language style, that is, gender, we examined whether translators assimilate to the original gendered style or implicitly project their own gendered language style. In a preregistered study, we investigated gender differences in language use in TED Talks (N = 1,647) and their translations (N = 544) in same- versus opposite-gender speaker/translator dyads. The results showed that translators assimilated to gendered language styles even when in mismatch to their own gender. This challenges predominating views on language style as fixed and fosters a more dynamic view of language style as also being shaped by social context.",
keywords = "TED Talks, gender, language adaptation, language use, translation",
author = "Tabea Meier and Boyd, {Ryan L.} and Mehl, {Matthias R.} and Anne Milek and Pennebaker, {James W.} and Mike Martin and Markus Wolf and Horn, {Andrea B.}",
note = "Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: National Institutes of Health (5R01GM112697-02), Federal Bureau of Investigation (15F06718R0006603), Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur F{\"o}rderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (SNF PMPDP1_164470), John Templeton Foundation (#48503, #61156), National Science Foundation (IIS-1344257), and Jacobs Foundation. Funding Information: The authors would like to acknowledge Vanessa Infanger for her support in data preparation. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: National Institutes of Health (5R01GM112697-02), Federal Bureau of Investigation (15F06718R0006603), Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur F?rderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (SNF PMPDP1_164470), John Templeton Foundation (#48503, #61156), National Science Foundation (IIS-1344257), and Jacobs Foundation. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2020.",
year = "2021",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1177/1948550619899258",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "12",
pages = "131--142",
journal = "Social Psychological and Personality Science",
issn = "1948-5506",
publisher = "Sage Periodicals Press",
number = "1",
}