Research on Cognitive Translation Process: An Overview

Abstract

Translation process is conceived as a cognitive activity and has been received less attention in early research due to the difficulty of lacking direct access to translators’ thinking process. But researchers still made attempts to describe this process. And hence this article reviews the previous research on cognitive translation process, in particular the research model. The article concludes that a descriptive approach to the investigation of the translation process should be adopted rather than a prescriptive approach.