Dealing with students’ emotions: exploring trait EI theory in translator education

Penet, JC; Parra, Maria Fernandez

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Dealing with students’ emotions: exploring trait EI theory in translator education

JC Penet

, Maria Fernandez Parra

The Interpreter and Translator Trainer, Volume: 17, Issue: 3, Pages: 1 - 21

Swansea University Author: Maria Fernandez Parra

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Human emotions are profoundly social and this becomes particularly salient in the translation profession, where translators often need to withstand close scrutiny of their work by fellow translators, revisers, project managers, clients, etc. The emotions arising from those relationships can be remar...

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Dealing with students’ emotions: exploring trait EI theory in translator education

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