Measuring the interpreters's stress through EDA data
What is it about?
Our study introduces how to measure the interpreters' stress through the interpreters electrodermal activity (EDA), including EDA basis that is relevant to interpreting studies, the selection of appropriate EDA measures and parameters for different interpreting contexts and concrete suggestions about how to design interpreting experiments that employ EDA measures.
Why is it important?
Our study introduces the EDA measurement of stress in a relatively systematic way to interpreting scholars who wish to measure the interpreters' stress in empirical studies. We introduced the EDA basis that are relevant to interpreting studies in a reader friendly way to help lower the entry barrier into the realm of EDA for future interpreting studies. Meanwhile, we contribute to the standardisation of some tricky EDA terms that have led to ambiguity in existing interpreting studies. Moreover, we gave concrete suggestions about how to design interpreting experiments that employ EDA measurement as well as how to analyse EDA data.