Séverine Hubscher-Davidson is Head of Translation Studies in the School of Languages and Applied Linguistics at The Open University (United Kingdom). She has taught translation theory and practice for over 15 years and published articles on various aspects of translation psychology and well-being in well-established journals such as Target, Meta, and Translation Studies. Her first monograph, Translation and Emotion: A Psychological Perspective (2017), tackles the impact of emotions on translation performance.

Caroline Lehr is a professor at Zurich University of Applied Sciences (Switzerland), where she teaches translation and translation theory. She received her PhD from the University of Geneva and has conducted post-doctoral research both at the Copenhagen Business School and University College London. In her current research, she pursues an interdisciplinary approach integrating translation and psychology. Together with Séverine Hubscher-Davidson, she co-wrote Improving the Emotional Intelligence of Translators: A Roadmap for an Experimental Training Intervention (2021).

List of Contributors

Introduction: expanding and rethinking translation psychology

Séverine Hubscher-Davidson

Chapter 1

Translation psychology: broadening the research framework

Alicia Bolaños-Medina

Chapter 2

Child language brokering as a care practice: a view from critical-developmental psychology

Sarah Crafter

Chapter 3

Permission to emote: developing coping techniques for emotional resilience in subtitling

Katerina Perdikaki and Nadia Georgiou

Chapter 4

The psychological impacts of narratives: insights for translation research

Zoë Walkington

Chapter 5

Emotions and literary translation performance: a study using the Geneva Emotional Competence Test

Klaudia Bednárová-Gibová and Mária Majherová

Chapter 6

Performance and well-being in changing work environments: pursuing a sustainable career in translation in post-pandemic times

Amelia Manuti

Index