For the BML12 from-scratch translation data, there is a consistent pattern where the PWR values for a segment show a steady downward trend as the pauses become longer.
in order to isolate the effects of short monitoring pauses in the translation process and to understand better their influence on cognitive effort, we examine here segment level pause-word ratios in the BML12 and ENJA15 studies for pauses whose lengths fall into different time ranges, specifically 300-500ms, 500-1000ms, 1000-2000ms, 2000-5000ms, and at least 5000ms.