Developing Translation Competence
Published on 15. October 2000
Book
Hardback
244 pages
978-90-272-1643-4 (ISBN)
Description
This volume presents a comprehensive study of what constitutes Translation Competence, from the various sub-competences to the overall skill. Contributors combine experience as translation scholars with their experience as teachers of translation. The volume is organized into three sections: Defining, Building, and Assessing Translation Competence.
The chapters offer insights into the nature of translation competence and its place in the translation training programme in an academic environment and show how theoretical considerations have contributed to defining, building and assessing translation competence, offering practical examples of how this can be achieved.
The first section introduces major sub-competences, including linguistic, cultural, textual, subject, research, and transfer competence. The second section presents issues relating to course design, methodology and teaching practice. The third section reflects on criteria for quality assessment.
The chapters offer insights into the nature of translation competence and its place in the translation training programme in an academic environment and show how theoretical considerations have contributed to defining, building and assessing translation competence, offering practical examples of how this can be achieved.
The first section introduces major sub-competences, including linguistic, cultural, textual, subject, research, and transfer competence. The second section presents issues relating to course design, methodology and teaching practice. The third section reflects on criteria for quality assessment.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 164 mm
Weight
470 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-272-1643-4 (9789027216434)
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Christina Schäffner | Beverly Adab
Developing Translation Competence
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Content
1. Developing Translation Competence: Introduction (by Schaffner, Christina); 2. Part I. Defining Translation Competence; 3. Competence in Language, in Languages, and in Translation (by Neubert, Albrecht); 4. Bilingual Competence and Translation Competence (by Presas, Marisa); 5. Levels of Speech and Grammar When Translating Between English and French (by Mailhac, Jean-Pierre); 6. The Broader View: How Freelance Translators Define Translation competence (by Fraser, Janet); 7. Translator Training between Academia and Profession: A European Perspective (by Anderman, Gunilla); 8. Part II. Building Translation Competence; 9. Teaching Strategies for Emancipatory Translation (by Chesterman, Andrew); 10. Which Competences Should We Teach to Future Translators, and How? (by Vienne, Jean); 11. Reflections on Teaching translation from French into Hungarian at the Technical University of Budapest: Towards a Function-Dependent Course Typology (by Elthes, Agnes); 12. The Use of Translation Diaries in a Process-Oriented Translation Teaching Methodology (by Fox, Olivia); 13. Structuring Specialised Translation Courses: A Hit and Miss Affair? (by Way, Catherine); 14. Running before Walking? Designing a Translation Programme at Undergraduate Level (by Schaffner, Christina); 15. Text Selection for Developing Translator Competence: Why Texts From The Tourist Sector Constitute Suitable Material (by Kelly, Dorothy); 16. A Training Strategy for Translation Studies (by Sim, Ronald J.); 17. Part III. Assessing Translation Competence; 18. Evaluating the Development of Translation Competence (by Beeby, Allison); 19. Building A Measuring Instrument for the Acquisition of Translation Competence in Trainee Translators (by Orozco, Mariana); 20. Evaluating translation Competence (by Adab, Beverly); 21. The Evaluation of Translation into a Foreign Language (by McAlester, Gerard); 22. Index