Ausbildung von „Universalgenies“? Zum Kompetenzbegriff und translatorischen Kompetenzmodellen

Abstract

An important element in T&I studies is the problem of teaching translation and interpreting. The following article does not, however, try to answer the question of whether and how we can teach translation to students. The focal point lies instead on the concept of translation/interpreting competence(s) and the question of whether cultivating all the competences identified by T&I studies as essential to translating/interpreting does not in fact entail trying to turn students into universal geniuses. Wha…