翻訳者の労働生活の質と翻訳テクノロジーとの関連性
Impacts of technology use on translators’ work-related quality of life
I am a principal investigator of this Kaken-funded project (22K20040 and 25K04108) which develops a psychometrically strong scale to measure translators’ job satisfaction and work motivation. The outcomes will offer evidence-based information for the language industry to ensure the industry maintains highly skilled and motivated language workers in the long term. This is an international and inter-disciplinary project, which are conducted across three countries (Japan, UK, Ireland). This is a collaborative project with the Institute of Translation and Interpreting (ITI), UK’s largest professional body.
The T-WRQoL scale developed in this project is available here.
The T-WRQoL scale is free to use for non-commercial, educational or research purposes only. Please contact akiko-s[at]kansai-u.ac.jp if you wish to translate the T-WRQoL scale to other languages.
Activities
March 2023 – First pilot study (with ITI)
October 2023 – Second pilot study (with ITI)
August to September 2024 – Final survey study (with ITI)
Publications
Sakamoto, A., Van Laar, D., Moorkens, J., & do Carmo, F. (2025). Translators’ Work-Related Quality of Life: Survey Report ver.1 . Kansai University
Sakamoto, A., Van Laar, D., Moorkens, J., & do Carmo, F. (2024). Measuring translators’ quality of working life and their career motivation: Conceptual and methodological aspects. Translation Spaces, Special Issue: , 13(1), 54–77. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1075/ts.23026.sak Open Access
Sakamoto, A., & Bawa Mason, S. (2024). In search of a fair MTPE pricing model: LSPs’ reflections and the implications for translators. Perspectives, 32(1), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/0907676X.2023.2292572 Open Access
Blog post on the ITI website (August 2024)
Presentations
阪本章子（2025年12月2日）「ポストエディットが翻訳者の仕事満足度に与える影響」（ポスター発表）AAMT 2025, Tokyo ～LLM時代における翻訳と人間の共進化～
阪本章子（2025年9月7日）「ポストエディットが翻訳者の仕事満足度とやる気に与える影響：統計的手法による考察」（口頭発表）日本通訳翻訳学会 年次大会 東京科学大学
Sakamoto, A., Van Laar, D., Moorkens, J., & Do Carmo, F. (2025, July 2), Translators’ perceptions about the economic value of translation in the face of AI: A data-based analysis from the T-WRQoL survey [Conference presentation], 11th EST Congress: The Changing Faces of Translation and Interpreting Studies, University of Leeds, UK
Van Laar, D. and Sakamoto, A., (2025, May 23). Adaption of the Work-Related Quality of Life (WRQoL) scale for freelance translators [Conference presentation], The 22nd European Congress of Work and Organizational Psychology, “Transforming working environments: Challenges & Opportunities”, Prague, Czech Republic
Sakamoto, A., Van Laar, D., Moorkens, J., & Do Carmo, F.(2025, May 22). Impact of machine translation and post-editing on translators’ work satisfaction and motivation: A statistical analysis [Conference presentation], The 11th Asia-Pacific Translation and Interpreting Forum (APTIF11) “Culture, Connectivity and Technology: Translating Communities, Transforming Perspectives”, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Sakamoto, A., Van Laar, D., Moorkens, J., & Do Carmo, F. (2024, September 12). You’re a translator – are you OK? Results from the pilot of a new measure of translator wellbeing (T-WRQoL) [Conference presentation]. Ethics & Self-Care: Translation/Other Professions, University of Newcastle, UK. https://conferences.ncl.ac.uk/ethicsandselfcareintranslation/
阪本章子 （2023年9月2日）「翻訳現場離れは防げるか：翻訳者の労働生活の質とモチベーションを測定する心理尺度の開発」 （口頭発表）日本通訳翻訳学会 年次大会 関西大学
Research Collaborators
Dr Darren van Laar (University of Portsmouth, UK)
Dr Joss Moorkens (Dublin City University, Republic of Ireland)