Running before Walking? Designing a Translation Programme at Undergraduate Level

Schäffner, Christina

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“…Firstly, the need to orientate translator training programmes to the development of professional skills (see e.g. Hurtado Albir 1999 or Schäffner 2000). Secondly, the perception of translation competence as a complex "macrocompetence" (e.g.…”

Section: Competence-based Approaches To Translationmentioning

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Developing Legal Translation Competence: An Integrative Process-Oriented Approach

Ramos

2017

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Building on previous holistic multicomponent paradigms of translation macrocompetence, a legal translation competence model is presented which avoids certain conceptual duplications in the light of professional practice, and incorporates distinctive legal thematic elements. Beyond component description, it is argued that the integral development of legal translation competence requires specific interdisciplinary methodologies for practical problem solving. The integrative approach proposed in this paper is process-oriented, and focuses on the legal translation-specific know-how within the key methodological or strategic subcompetence controlling all other subcompetences. Translation and legal knowledge are inextricably linked throughout the translation process, from the initial skopos analysis and legal macro-contextualization until the final revision stage. This approach, intended as a meta-reflection continuum between competence acquisition and reinforcement, and between formal training and professional practice, has proved effective for the systematization of problem-identification, problemcategorization and problem-solving patterns. Finally, some implications for legal translation training are outlined by way of conclusion.Keywords: legal translation, competence development, translation process, translation problem solving, translator training EL DESARROLLO DE LA COMPETENCIA EN TRADUCCIÓN JURÍDICA: UN ENFOQUE INTEGRADOR ORIENTADO AL PROCESOResumen: Partiendo de anteriores paradigmas multicomponenciales holísticos de macrocompetencia traductora, se presenta un modelo de competencia en traducción jurídica que evita ciertas duplicaciones conceptuales en vista de la práctica profesional, e incorpora elementos de temática jurídica distintivos. Más allá de la descripción de componentes, se argumenta que el desarrollo integral de la competencia en traducción jurídica exige metodologías interdisciplinares específicas para la resolución de problemas prácticos. El enfoque integrador que se propone en el presente artículo está orientado al proceso y hace hincapié en los conocimientos especializados propios de la traducción jurídica incluidos en la subcompetencia metodológica o estratégica, subcompetencia clave que controla las demás. Los conocimientos traductológicos y jurídicos se entrelazan inextricablemente a lo largo del proceso traductor, desde el análisis del skopos y la macrocontextualización jurídica iniciales hasta la fase final de revisión. Este enfoque, concebido como un continuo metarreflexivo entre la adquisición y el fortalecimiento de competencias y entre

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Section: Competence-based Approaches To Translationmentioning

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Developing Legal Translation Competence: An Integrative Process-Oriented Approach

Ramos

2017

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“…Hence, competence is a broader term than competency. Some TS scholars (Roberts, 1984;Delisle, 1992;Vienne, 1998) use the term 'translational competence' as the broader term to refer to 'translation competence', while 'translation competence' is part of this translational competence, while many more recent TS scholars (Shreve, 1997;Fox, 2000;Beeby, 2000;Schäffner, 2000;Kelly, 2007;Hurtado Albir, 2015;Cheng, 2017) prefer to use the term 'translation competence' as the umbrella term. Thus, the present paper will apply the term 'translation competence' following the more recent trend.…”

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Translation Competences for Indonesian Novice Translators

Dewi

2019

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Translation competence is a concept that everyone who would like to become a translator should know and understand. Moreover, novice translators or translation students need to achieve all translation competences if they desire to become professional translators. Thus, they must be taught about these translation competences. This paper is the result of a conceptual study, not an empirical one. It explores the literature on translation competences from Translation Studies scholars and adapts them for Indonesian novice translators to learn and achieve. This paper provides explanation, examples, and recommendations for translation students to accomplish translation competences. From the study, 13 translation competences are acquired and those are considered the most suitable with the recent situation of the translation industry in Indonesia. The number of these competences is a not a fixed one as it may decrease or increase in the future following the trends in the translation world.

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“…Newmark 18 worked along the same lines, 19 for example, Roberts, 20 Göpferich, 21 Kiraly, 22 Malmkjaer, 23 Neubert, 24 Schaffner. 25 The researchers have singled out such principal competences as language, textual-discursive, transfer competences and the knowledge of the subject-matter. They also stressed the importance of pragmatic aspects in translation and related skills, for example, the ability to understand the communicative situation which depends on the level of the development of communicative and discursive competences, the knowledge of culture which presupposes the well-developed extra-linguistic competence.…”

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Competence-based approach to a module design for the Master Degree Programme in Translation: Challenge of Tuning Russia Tempus Project

Заботкина¹,

Korovkina²,

Sudakova³

2019

TJHE

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The article demonstrates the application of the modular competence-based approach for the design of a Master degree programme in translation studies. The case study is based on output materials produced during the lifetime of the Tuning Russia project involving a number of Russian universities, one of which is the Russian State University for the Humanities (RSUH). The module in question – the LSP (language for special purposes) translation module – emphasizes interaction between the related disciplines on the basis of the common subject-matter, i.e. the translation of special purpose texts. The modular approach sets out to achieve key competences required for professional qualifications. In addition, the module considers teaching methods, ECTS and assessment tools. Attention is given to the concept of competence-based approach in contemporary education. The authors argue that the competence-based approach introduced in Russia at the national (Ministerial) level in 2016 facilitates Russia’s interactive alignment with the main principles of the Bologna Process adopted by the European Higher Education Area.Received: 01 April 2019 Accepted: 24 June 2019 Published online: 29 November 2019

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Running before Walking? Designing a Translation Programme at Undergraduate Level

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Developing Legal Translation Competence: An Integrative Process-Oriented Approach

Developing Legal Translation Competence: An Integrative Process-Oriented Approach

Translation Competences for Indonesian Novice Translators

Competence-based approach to a module design for the Master Degree Programme in Translation: Challenge of Tuning Russia Tempus Project

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