The Relationship between Multiple, Emotional Intelligence and Translation Quality: A Case Study of MA Students of Translation

Translation quality has always been an important research topic as it concerns both the product and process of translation. Translation quality can be affected by a wide array of factors, psychological traits. The present study examined the relationship between emotional and multiple intelligence and translation quality. A mixed-methods approach guided the study. The population consisted of female and male second-year MA students at Islamic Azad University (Tabriz Branch) and University of Nabi Akram in 2015 (N = 65). The sample, however, included 49 students who were chosen from the above-mentioned universities following a stratified sampling technique. To assess students’ translation quality, House’s Translation Quality Assessment model was employed. As to the research instruments, Bar-On’s emotional intelligence and Gardner’s multiple-intelligence questionnaires were used. The results showed that happiness as an emotional intelligence component had a significant relationship with students’ translation quality. In addition, the components of verbal/linguistic, visual/spatial and body in multiple intelligence had a significant relationship with the translation quality of students. The mediating role of gender was explored and the analysis suggests its significant relationship with emotional, multiple intelligence and translation quality.