Measuring Translation Competence Acquisition

Orozco, Mariana; Albir, Amparo Hurtado

doi:10.7202/008022ar

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“…Most of the interviewees described competence as a series of elements and abilities that translator should possess in order to be a proficient one, which seems to be a paraphrase of Hurtado's (2002) definition (mentioned in the background). For instance, they referred to choosing proper equivalence that helps the reader not to be confused and leads to fluency of the text.…”

Section: Translator's Competencementioning

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Towards an Ecological Understanding of Translation Eternality in the Context of Iran

Shirdel¹,

Shirvan²

2016

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This study attempted to investigate the similarities and differences regarding the conceptions of translation eternality among a small group of Iranian people of different social positions and different ages. Sixty-two participants were selected based on the maximum variation sampling. To gather data, semi-structured interview was utilized. The participants were asked a list of 11 questions collected from the existing literature on the similar topics.Then, the interviews were transcribed for analyzing the data. Besides, Erikson's (1959) theory of development was used to classify participants of different ages in four groups of teenager, young, middle age, and old. The high frequency factors were found and analyzed with the use of Bronfenbrenner's (1979) nested ecological model. Moreover, the participants were classified in 11 groups based on their social positions and their conceptions were analyzed with the same method. Broadly speaking, 17 central tendencies in the interviews were obtained: People mainly focused on subjects of the books, translation fluency, author's competence in writing, and translator's competence, translations which have common grounds with social events of Iran, advertisement, existence of movie or cartoon adaptation of the book, translator's awareness of the content of the book, existence of cultural similarities between the source and target culture, popularity of the translator, author, and the original book, conversational language in translation, translation fidelity, being both translator and author, and effect of censorship on translation. Besides, old participants seemed to have more precise view on translation eternality and teenager's concerns were mostly about the appearance-related issues.Keywords: translation eternality, ecological understanding, nested ecological model, translation competence, translation fidelity IntroductionIn the current society of Iran, there is a flood of translations produced by graduated students of translation studies or those proficient in the other languages. Therefore, in such situation, the reader can hardly find a well-translated book that would be able to absorb him/her. Besides, due to the economic problems, increase in the cost of paper, and slack market, printing industry faces a financial recession. Hence, publication of low quality translations worsens the situation for them.Translation studies' turn toward culture along with the findings of the scholars of this discipline caused raising so many questions about social or cultural aspects of translation. For example, "why are all the translations of a single work not equally welcomed by the readers?", "why are some translations buried in the bookshelves of the bookstores forever?", and at the opposite side, "why do some translations not only lose their attraction for the readers, but also become the favorite of the next generations or even find more popularity than before?". Despite abundant studies done on the social aspects of translation with variety of methods and from different perspec...

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Section: Translator's Competencementioning

confidence: 99%

Towards an Ecological Understanding of Translation Eternality in the Context of Iran

Shirdel¹,

Shirvan²

2016

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“…These range from traditional three-part competence models that distinguish a source-language processing component, a target-language processing component, and a strategic component of some kind, such as those of Bell (1991), Cao (1996), Hatim and Mason (1997) and Nord (2005), through to complex models involving 48 separate skills and knowledge types grouped into six "competences" (EMT 2009). The differing conceptualizations, definitions and levels of specification of these models, as well as their proliferation, have been commented on by Orozco and Hurtado Albir (2002), Pym (2003), Arango-Keeth and Koby (2003), Way (2008) and Angelleli (2009). The lack of empirical study devoted to these models has been noted by Waddington (2001) and bemoaned by PACTE (2008), who, together with Campbell (1991), have begun to make some inroads in this regard by producing hard data on the relations between certain components of their own models.…”

Section: Translation Competence and Translation At Inter-governmentalmentioning

confidence: 99%

Translation Skills and Knowledge – Preliminary Findings of a Survey of Translators and Revisers Working at Inter-governmental Organizations

Lafeber

2012

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Dans l’exercice de leur profession, les traducteurs sont amenés à faire preuve de toute une gamme d’habiletés et à puiser dans différents types de connaissances, mais en y a-t-il de plus importantes que d’autres et quelles sont-elles ? La présente étude vise à examiner l’importance relative des différentes habiletés et connaissances nécessaires aux traducteurs dans le contexte spécifique des organisations intergouvernementales. Une enquête a été effectuée auprès de plus de 300 traducteurs et réviseurs employés à l’interne par plus de 20 organisations intergouvernementales, et parlant au total 24 langues différentes. L’enquête était fondée sur deux questionnaires : le premier portait sur l’importance de différentes habiletés et connaissances, le second, sur celles qui étaient jugées insuffisantes chez les nouvelles recrues. Les résultats ont confirmé que les traducteurs ne pouvaient se contenter de compétences linguistiques. Ils doivent, en plus de posséder des connaissances générales et, dans certains cas, des connaissances spécialisées, faire preuve d’habiletés analytiques, technologiques et relationnelles, et ils doivent savoir effectuer des recherches et bien gérer leur temps. Grâce au recoupement des réponses aux deux questionnaires, une liste pondérée d’habiletés et de connaissances a été dressée, laquelle peut servir de référence pour ajuster les programmes de formation et les procédures d’évaluation lors du recrutement, conformément aux priorités définies de manière empirique. Cette méthodologie devrait également pouvoir s’appliquer à l’identification d’ensembles de compétences dans d’autres professions et contextes, dans lesquels le travail des nouvelles recrues fait l’objet d’une attention particulière, comme dans le cas des interprètes travaillant à l’interne.Translators deploy a range of skills and draw on different types of knowledge in the exercise of their profession, but are some skills and knowledge types more important than others? What is the ideal combination nowadays? This study aims to investigate the relative importance of the different skills and knowledge that translators need in the specific context of translation at inter-governmental organizations. A survey was conducted of over 300 in-house translators and revisers working at over 20 inter-governmental organizations and with 24 different languages among them. The survey consisted of two questionnaires: one on the importance of different skills and knowledge, the other on the extent to which skills and knowledge are found lacking among new recruits. The results confirm that translators need more than language skills: in addition to general knowledge and in some instances specialized knowledge, they need analytical, research, technological, interpersonal and time-management skills. Correlating the findings of the two questionnaires produces a weighted list of skills and knowledge that can be used as a yardstick for adjusting training programmes and recruitment testing procedures in line with empirically identified priorities. The methodo...

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“…Traditional education framework in the form of knowledge, abilities and skills should be revised taking into account the importance of the competence approach, which reflects the needs of society in training not only a knowledgeable specialist, but a professional, able to apply his or her knowledge efficiently [23]. This paradigm of education is influenced by tight labor market, which is characterized by fierce competition, resulting in the need of professional training a versatile individual with a set of hard and soft skills meeting the requirements of the changing environment.…”

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Translator’s and Interpreter’s Professional Competence (Case Study: Bachelor and Master Degree Programs)

Zapolskykh

2017

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Abstract. The author focuses on the content of translator and interpreter's competence, the relevance of the content of Bachelor and Master Degree Programs, formation of translator's and interpreter's competences according to the professional demand of the modern environment. The components of translator and interpreter's competence have been analyzed, the problems related to professional training have been outlined, and possible solutions have been suggested.

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Measuring Translation Competence Acquisition

Abstract: Volume 47, numéro 3, septembre 2002 URI : id.erudit.org/iderudit/008022ar

Cited by 95 publications

References 44 publications

Towards an Ecological Understanding of Translation Eternality in the Context of Iran

Towards an Ecological Understanding of Translation Eternality in the Context of Iran

Translation Skills and Knowledge – Preliminary Findings of a Survey of Translators and Revisers Working at Inter-governmental Organizations

Translator’s and Interpreter’s Professional Competence (Case Study: Bachelor and Master Degree Programs)

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