?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Challenges+of+metarepresentation+to+translation+competence.&rft.creator=Gutt%2C+Dr+Ernst-August&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Pragmatics&rft.description=One+of+the+outcomes+of+the+inferential+framework+of+communication+developed+by+Sperber+and+Wilson+(1995)+is+the+pursuit+of+competence-oriented+research+on+translation+(CORT)%2C+as+proposed+in+Gutt+2000.+CORT+focuses+on+the+discovery+of+the+mental+capabilities+involved+in+the+translation+task.%0D%0A%0D%0AOne+of+the+key+concepts+recently+being+explored+in+the+inferential+framework+is+that+of+metarepresentation.+It+involves+the+capability+of+people+to+represent+in+their+minds+not+only+the+external+world+but+the+thoughts+(mental+representations)+other+people+entertain+about+that+world.+Metarepresentations+can+involve+several+levels+of+embedding%3A+thus+persons+can+metarepresent+to+themselves+the+thoughts+of+others+about+their+own+thoughts+about+a+certain+subject+matter+etc.%0D%0A+%0D%0AWhile+metarepresentation+is+an+important+mental+faculty+for+successful+communication+in+general%2C+it+is+of+eminent+importance+in+the+translation+task+where+the+translator+may+have+to+metarepresent+several+different+worlds+of+thoughts+(cognitive+environments)+and+their+interaction+with+one+another+as+mutual+cognitive+environments+in+cross-cultural+communication+events.%0D%0A%0D%0AThis+paper+first+briefly+outlines+the+inferential+model+of+translation%2C+including+the+notions+of+cognitive+environment%2C+context+and+metarepresentation.+The+main+part+of+the+paper+surveys+five+distinct+constellations+of+mutual+cognitive+environments+found+in+translation+situations.+The+first+%E2%80%93+and+ideal+%E2%80%93+constellation+is+where+original+author%2C+translator+and+receptor+audience+all+share+essentially+the+same+mutual+cognitive+environment.+More+commonly%2C+however%2C+this+condition+is+not+fulfilled+and+the+other+four+constellations+can+present+considerable+challenges+to+the+metarepresentational+capabilities+of+the+translator.+Furthermore%2C+the+translator+needs+to+develop+strategies+that+will+overcome+differences+in+cognitive+environment+that+would+negatively+affect+the+communication+process.++(This+is+in+addition+to+the+task+of+overcoming+problems+caused+by+language+differences.)+Suggestions+are+made+about+directions+in+which+these+problems%2C+which+can+seriously+undermine+the+success+of+the+translated+text%2C+can+be+sought.%0D%0A%0D%0AReferences%0D%0AGutt%2C+Ernst-August+2000+Translation+and+relevance%3A+Cognition+and+context.+Manchester%3A+St.+Jerome.%0D%0ASperber%2C+Dan+and+Deirdre+Wilson+1995+Relevance%3A+Communication+and+cognition.+Oxford%3A+Blackwell.%0D%0A&rft.date=2004&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6328%2F1%2FLICTRA2001-Gutt_w_figures.pdf&rft.identifier=++Gutt%2C+Dr+Ernst-August++(2004)+Challenges+of+metarepresentation+to+translation+competence.++%5BConference+Paper%5D++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6328%2F