The Name and Nature of Translator Studies

Chesterman, Andrew

doi:10.7146/hjlcb.v22i42.96844

Cited by 183 publications

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“…In line with some recent vocal proposals to 'humanise' translation studies research (Pym 2009) or even to develop a human-centred branch of translator studies (Chesterman 2009), we argue for a similar emphasis in the area of intercultural competence. Given the centrality of pedagogy as detailed earlier, the focus of any developments in this area, competence models included, has to be on the translator/translator student.…”

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confidence: 71%

Teaching intercultural competence in translator training

Tomozeiu

Koskinen

D'Arcangelo

2016

The Interpreter and Translator Trainer

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In this position paper we define an interculturally competent translator as one that demonstrates a high level of intercultural knowledge, skills, attitude and flexibility throughout his or her professional engagements. We argue that to attain this goal, intercultural competence needs to be introduced into the translator training curriculum explicitly and in a conceptually clear manner. In this article we provide an overview of earlier attempts at discussing the role of intercultural communication in translator training curricula and we discuss the various pedagogical and practical challenges involved. We also look at some future challenges, identifying increasing societal diversity as both a source of added urgency for intercultural training and a challenge for traditional biculturally based notions of translators' intercultural competence, and we argue for the central role of empathy. Finally, and importantly, we introduce the contributions to the special issue.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 71%

Teaching intercultural competence in translator training

Tomozeiu

Koskinen

D'Arcangelo

2016

The Interpreter and Translator Trainer

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“…First, officials may be reluctant to commit their views to paper 7. More specifically, to use the term proposed by Chesterman (2009), oral history can add much to translator studies research, as oral history places the emphasis directly on translators, their goals, motivations, and experiences rather than on the texts produced. or to take responsibility for actions in memorandums or other official records because of freedom of information legislation, and the possibility of being subpoenaed.…”

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confidence: 99%

A place for oral history within Translation Studies?

Dolmaya

2015

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To explore how oral history methodologies could be incorporated into translation studies research, this paper begins by reviewing oral history's approach to conducting, preserving and analyzing oral, retrospective interviews. It then examines how oral history methods could help enhance existing methodological and documentation standards in translation studies, expand the range of sources available for current and future historical studies of translators and interpreters, and enhance existing theoretical frameworks in translation studies. Particular emphasis is placed on memory and performance in oral narratives, two aspects of interviews that seem underrepresented in existing translation studies literature, and some attention is paid to how existing translation studies research could benefit oral history.

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“…As advocated by Bachleitner (2009), the systems approach of book history should be applied to the study of translation history. Pym (2009; see also Chesterman, 2009) recommends that researchers first study translators and then texts. This is consistent with Darnton's views.…”

Section: Book History and Translation Historymentioning

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Bibliography-based quantitative translation history

Zhou

Sun

2016

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Compared with qualitative methods, quantitative methods can help detect and interpret patterns and regularities in translation history. However, quantitative methods rarely have been used in translation history research, mostly for lack of statistical data. The highly structured nature of bibliographical data and their availability make them an ideal data source for quantitative history. Drawing on the discipline of book history, this paper introduces bibliographical sources for quantitative translation history, presents techniques for retrieving, analyzing and presenting bibliographic data, reviews some existing quantitative studies related to translation history, and describes some of our own preliminary findings. Despite issues in data quality, the bibliography-based quantitative approach opens an avenue for investigating systematically how books were produced, translated and published, where they were distributed, and who was reading them. ARTICLE HISTORY

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The Name and Nature of Translator Studies

Cited by 183 publications

References 12 publications

Teaching intercultural competence in translator training

Teaching intercultural competence in translator training

A place for oral history within Translation Studies?

Bibliography-based quantitative translation history

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