Abstract
Translation is a complex process in which individual differences may impact studentsâ translation performance.However, there needs to be more empirical research on this topic. This study aims to investigate how affective andcognitive factors are related to the translation speed and quality of student translators through bibliometric analysis. Thestudy focuses on the following four factors: self-efficacy, anxiety, language proficiency, and working memory, which arehighly associated with translation performance. Among them, self-efficacy and anxiety were defined as affective factors,while language proficiency and working memory as cognitive factors. The results show that the four factors playedan essential role in translation. The study implies that great attention shall pay to the role of individual differences intranslator training.
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