研究翻译创意如何影响读者认知负荷，发现人工译文最费脑但最沉浸。
To MT or not to MT: An eye-tracking study on the reception by Dutch readers of different translation and creativity levels
- 通过眼动追踪对比机器、人工等四种译法对阅读影响。
- 译文创意度越高，认知负荷越强，人工译文最明显。
- 适合关注翻译质量与读者体验的研究者参考。
本研究通过小规模实验，考察荷兰读者在四种翻译条件下（机器翻译、后期编辑、人工翻译和原文）接收一篇虚构短篇小说的反应，旨在理解翻译创意与错误对读者认知负荷的影响。八名参与者完成问卷、使用眼动仪阅读故事并进行事后反思访谈。结果表明，具有创意潜力的语义单位（UCP）会增加认知负荷，且该效应在人工翻译中最强，在机器翻译中最低；但错误本身未产生显著影响。结合事后访谈数据，推测高创意带来的高负荷与读者愉悦感和沉浸感相关。词级层面的翻译创意对认知负荷的影响是新发现，为后续研究开辟了新方向。所有代码与数据公开于 https://github.com/INCREC/Pilot_to_MT_or_not_to_MT。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
This article presents the results of a pilot study involving the reception of a fictional short story translated from English into Dutch under four conditions: machine translation (MT), post-editing (PE), human translation (HT) and original source text (ST). The aim is to understand how creativity and errors in different translation modalities affect readers, specifically regarding cognitive load. Eight participants filled in a questionnaire, read a story using an eye-tracker, and conducted a retrospective think-aloud (RTA) interview. The results show that units of creative potential (UCP) increase cognitive load and that this effect is highest for HT and lowest for MT; no effect of error was observed. Triangulating the data with RTAs leads us to hypothesize that the higher cognitive load in UCPs is linked to increases in reader enjoyment and immersion. The effect of translation creativity on cognitive load in different translation modalities at word-level is novel and opens up new avenues for further research. All the code and data are available at https://github.com/INCREC/Pilot_to_MT_or_not_to_MT
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