Photo: Research Grant Winners
2020
Dr Nicoletta Spinolo (University of Bologna at Forli)
Professor Agnieszka Chmiel (A. Mickiewicz University, Poznan)
Inside the virtual booth: the impact of remote interpreting settings on interpreter experience and performance.
By collecting process, product, and subjective data through eye-tracking recordings, performance evaluations, and questionnaires, the project will investigate how remote interpreting settings (hubs with boothmate or home studio) and types of input (audio, video, slides etc.) influence user experience, interpreter’s stress levels, fatigue, mental workload and performance. The recommendations to the profession and the AIIC community will help interpreters negotiate and implement optimal working conditions in the virtual booth.
Inside the Virtual Booth2021
Professor Heidi Salaets (University of Leuven)
Professor Geert Brône (University of Leuven)
Working at a distance from everybody impact of cognitive load and wellbeing of interpreters working with Video-based Interpreting Platforms.
The aim of the proposed project is to explore, from the perspective of professional interpreters, the social and cognitive impact of working with state-of-the-art interpreting technology during remote simultaneous interpreting.
To consider cognitive load and ergonomics in RSI, the researchers will design two pilot studies: the first one will investigate how the use of VIPs enhances the wellbeing of interpreters during remote, individual and solitary work; the second will use eye-tracking technology to examine the impact of working in a ‘home booth’ with multiple screens on cognitive load.