The Role of Theory in Translator Training
The Role of Theory in Translator Training

Author: Daniela Di Mango

Publisher: Narr Francke Attempto Verlag

Published: 2018-11-26

Total Pages: 442

ISBN-13: 3823391615

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Translation study programs have always been torn between the expectations placed on them to provide students with a comprehensive education at an academic level but at the same time to prepare them for the demands of the professional translation market. There is, furthermore, an ongoing debate about a supposed gap between translation theory and practice. Several, often opposing claims have been put forward concerning the usefulness of theory to professionals and students and how and when to best implement theoretical courses in translation curricula. The aim of this book is to provide an overview of the different opinions and expectations that have been put forward in the literature and to test some of these claims empirically on student subjects who have been trained with either a practical or a theoretical focus on translation. It thus gives insights into the role of both theoretical and practical aspects in translator training and the ways in which each of them can contribute to the development of translation competence.

Can Theory Help Translators?
Can Theory Help Translators?

Author: Andrew Chesterman

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-07-16

Total Pages: 167

ISBN-13: 131764218X

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Can Theory Help Translators? is a dialogue between a theoretical scholar and a professional translator, about the usefulness (if any) of translation theory. The authors argue about the problem of the translator's identity, the history of the translator's role, the translator's visibility, translation types and strategies, translation quality, ethics and translation aids.

The Role of Discourse Analysis for Translation and in Translator Training
The Role of Discourse Analysis for Translation and in Translator Training

Author: Christina Schäffner

Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Published: 2002-01-01

Total Pages: 106

ISBN-13: 9781853595936

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It has been widely recognised that an in-depth textual analysis of a source text is relevant for translation. This book discusses the role of Discourse Analysis for translation and translator training. One particular model of discourse analysis is presented in detail, and its application in the context of translator training is critically examined.

Translation and Social Media
Translation and Social Media

Author: Renée Desjardins

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-11-25

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 1137522550

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Offering a discussion of translation and social media through three themes, theory, training and professional practice, this book builds on emerging research in Translation Studies, including references citing recent translation and social media industry data. Topics include the translation of hashtags and the relevance of indexing, among others.

A Social Constructivist Approach to Translator Education
A Social Constructivist Approach to Translator Education

Author: Donald Kiraly

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-07-16

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 1317641418

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This is a book about the teaching and particularly the acquisition of translation-related skills and knowledge. Well grounded in theory, the book also provides numerous examples drawn from the author's extensive classroom experience in translator education and foreign language teaching. Kiraly uses a number of classroom case studies to illustrate his method, including: introductory courses in translation studies, project-based translation practice courses, translation studies seminars, as well as naturalistic foreign language learning classes for student translators. The book is primarily geared toward translator educators and programme administrators, as well as students of translation, and will also be of interest to foreign language teachers who incorporate translation into their teaching, to translation scholars, and to others involved in the world of translation.

Teaching Translation and Interpreting
Teaching Translation and Interpreting

Author: Cay Dollerup

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 1992-01-01

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 9027220948

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Selected papers from a lively conference on the state of the art in translator and interpreter training. Topics range from culture specific problems (in Iran, South Africa and Canada, for instance) to the internationalization of the profession. The book is brim-full of teaching ideas and strategies: problems of assessment, teaching translators to be professional and business oriented, using cognitive methods, terminology management, technical translation, literary translation, theory and practice, simultaneous/consecutive interpreting, subtitling and many other related topics.

Training the Translator
Training the Translator

Author: Paul Kussmaul

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 1995-03-16

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 9027283621

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This book begins by investigating, through the use of think-aloud protocols, the mental processes of students when they translate. The creative and successful processes observed can be used directly for teaching purposes, while the unsuccessful ones can serve to find out where remedial training is needed. The book then goes on to discuss methods for improving a translator's competence. The strategies offered are based on the pragmatic and semantic analysis of texts from a functional point of view, and they include such practical matters as the use of dictionaries and the evaluation of translations and error analysis. The book is intended for teachers in translator-training institutions, but it can also be used by students for self-training.

Translation in Undergraduate Degree Programmes
Translation in Undergraduate Degree Programmes

Author: Kirsten Malmkjær

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 2004-01-01

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9789027216656

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This book brings together an international team of leading translation teachers and researchers to address concerns that are central in translation pedagogy. The authors address the location and weighting in translation curricula of learning and training, theory and practice, and the relationships between the profession, its practitioners, its professors and scholars. They explore the concepts of translator competence, skills and capacities and two papers report empirical studies designed to explore effects of the use of translation in language teaching. These are complemented by papers on student achievement and attitudes to translation in programmes that are not primarily designed with prospective translators in mind, and by papers that discuss language teaching within dedicated translation programmes. The introduction and the closing paper consider some causes and consequences of the odd relationships that speakers of English have to other languages, to translation and ultimately, perhaps, to their "own" language.

Text Analysis in Translation
Text Analysis in Translation

Author: Christiane Nord

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2006-01-01

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 900450091X

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Text Analysis in Translation has become a classic in Translation Studies. Based on a functional approach to translation and endebted to pragmatic text linguistics, it suggests a model for translation-oriented source-text analysis applicable to all text types and genres independent of the language and culture pairs involved. Part 1 of the study presents the theoretical framework on which the model is based, and surveys the various concepts of translation theory and text linguistics. Part 2 describes the role and scope of source-text analysis in the translation process and explains why the model is relevant to translation. Part 3 presents a detailed study of the extratextual and intratextual factors and their interaction in the text, using numerous examples from all areas of professional translation. Part 4 discusses the applications of the model to translator training, placing particular emphasis on the selection of material for translation classes, grading the difficulty of translation tasks, and translation quality assessment. The book concludes with the practical analysis of a number of texts and their translations, taking into account various text types and several languages (German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Dutch).