title: Metaphors in comic books from Korean into English
title: A study of the translation process and final product using different translation modalities
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Park, Jisue
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2025
Subjects: Translation Process Research
Translation Quality Assessment
Cognitive Aspects of Translation
Metaphor Translation
Comic Book Translation
Machine Translation Post-Editing

description: The intersection of human creativity and machine translation presents distinctive challenges
description: in metaphor translation within comic books. While extant research has explored various
description: aspects of translation studies, the cognitive processes and quality outcomes specific to
description: metaphor translation in multimodal contexts, particularly in Korean manhwa, remain
description: insufficiently investigated.
description: This study examines the cognitive dimensions and quality outcomes of metaphor translation
description: in comic books, comparing traditional human translation with machine translation (MT)
description: post-editing approaches. The study aims to elucidate the relationship between translation
description: methodologies, cognitive load, process dynamics, and output quality in the treatment of
description: metaphorical content within comics.
description: The methodological framework employed a mixed-methods approach, utilizing
description: screenrecording software (FlashBack Express) and keystroke logging (Translog-II) to capture
description: translation processes under two conditions: traditional translation and MT post-editing. The
description: study recruited professional comic book translators with English as their native language for
description: Korean-to-English translation. The source material comprised selected sections (1,852
description: words) from the comic book "꼴 1. 얼굴을 보고 마음을 읽는다" (Appearance 1. Reading a
description: mind by looking at a person's facial features).
description: Cognitive effort was quantified through pause analysis, derived from screen-recording and
description: keystroke logging data. Translation quality was evaluated by comic book reviewers using the
description: DQF-MQM Error Typology framework. The findings revealed that post-editors demonstrated
description: significantly shorter pause times compared to translators when processing metaphorical
description: segments, representing approximately a 40-50% reduction in cognitive effort. Post-editors
description: also achieved markedly higher productivity rates in terms of keystrokes per minute. Quality
description: assessment demonstrated that post-edited translations achieved higher median RC scores
description: compared to traditional translations, with post-edited content showing substantially fewer
description: accuracy errors. Particularly notable was the superior handling of cultural-specific
description: metaphors in post-edited versions compared to manual translations. The findings challenge
description: previous assumptions about machine translation limitations, suggesting that post-editing
description: can enhance rather than compromise translation quality, even in complex, culturally rich
description: contexts like comic book translation.
description: This research constitutes the first systematic examination of metaphor translation processes
description: in comic books utilizing MT post-editing, contributing to the convergence of cognitive
description: translation studies and multimodal translation. The findings advance our understanding of
description: technology's role in creative translation contexts and offer implications for both theoretical
description: frameworks and professional practice.