The Monitor Model and its Misconceptions: A Clarification
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Horizontal (automatic) and vertical (control) processes have long been reported in human translation production (e.g., Konig 1987, Lorscher 1991, Jaaskelainen 1996, de Groot 1997, Tirkkonen-Condit 2005, Macizo and Bajo 2006). The Monitor Model (Schaeffer and Carl 2013, 2015) integrates horizontal and vertical processes, assuming priming mechanisms underlie horizontal/automatic processes, while vertical/monitoring processes implement consciously accessible control mechanisms. Carl (2021a) argues that priming processes in translation are part of perception-action loops, interpretable in an embodied/enactivist framework. Carl (2022) develops a post-humanist view on translator-technology interaction facilitated by priming mechanisms which enable representationally unmediated translator-environment coupling. I substantiate these claims, arguing that translation priming results in basic, non-representational content. I update the Monitor Model with additional evidence and address an accumulation of misconceptions.
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