Use of Project-based Training in  Teaching Business Translation

Al-Sowaidi, Belqes

doi:10.24018/ejedu.2021.2.4.114

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“…D. Li & Wang, 2020; Xu, 2015; Zhong & Mu, 2008). Some overseas scholars strive to close the gap by designing instructional activities such as simulating authentic practice (Chouc & Conde, 2016; González-Davies & Enríquez-Raído, 2016), projects (Al-Sowaidi, 2021; Galán-Mañas, 2011; Risku et al, 2017), field observation (Chang & Wu, 2017), and internships (Astley & Hostench, 2017; Jaccomard, 2018). Others use professional portfolios in T&I training as a formative and summative assessment tool (Galán-Mañas, 2019; Rico, 2010).…”

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A Study on Gansu’s Translation and Interpretation Talents Training from the Perspective of Market Demand

Chai,

Cai,

Wei

2024

Sage Open

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Local socioeconomic advancement has given rise to great growth in language service industry of Gansu China, creating the brisk demand for full-fledged translation and interpretation (T&I) talents. However, such progress is slowed by a lack of senior T&I talents and poor T&I training. The existing literature provides little information on the further exploration of the imbalance between T&I talents supply and market demand in Gansu. Therefore, this study adopts quantitative analysis of the data collected through two structured questionnaire surveys to investigate the root causes of this discrepancy. The first survey is for the employment status and curriculum satisfaction among Gansu’s Master of Translation and Interpreting (MTI) graduates. MTI graduates from Lanzhou University and Northwest Normal University provide 220 samples through the random sampling method. While the second survey examines employer demand for T&I talents. 52 samples are drawn from Gansu’s renowned and accredited language service providers (LSPs) and non-language service providers (non-LSPs) using the stratified sampling method. Results of the research reveal that only 3.18% MTI graduates enter into the T&I industry, confirming Gansu’s MTI training fail to meet the market demand. Based on the market-specific requirements for translators and interpreters, the present authors put forward several suggestions from the perspectives of aligning curriculum design with market needs, meeting the qualification requirements and enhancing the cultivation of essential T&I competences, with hope of providing effective references to the T&I training in Gansu Province and even other regions in northwest China.

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Section: A Critical Review Of Previous Studiesmentioning

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A Study on Gansu’s Translation and Interpretation Talents Training from the Perspective of Market Demand

Chai,

Cai,

Wei

2024

Sage Open

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“…Case studies within the area of translation have emerged from Spain in 2015 [13] and 2016 [1], Macao [14] and Iran [15] in 2015, and Indonesia [16] in 2019. These studies explore PBL and sought to understand the advantages of pursuing PBL as a method to teach and learn translation.…”

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“…Regarding the Indonesian case, it was possible to observe a different approach to PBL that intended to work with local wisdom. Students developed projects through interviews and field trips to places that contain historical stories [16].…”

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Translation Fit for Purpose: A Digital Collaborative Experience Using Project-Based Learning

Ribeiro

Chorão

Tavares

2021

Perspectives and Trends in Education and Technology

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Teaching and learning methodologies are constantly evolving, in order to contribute to the success of students' learning. This process is intended to be increasingly practical and real, so the implementation of methodologies such as projectbased learning (PBL) appears as important allies. This paper is particularly focused on the implementation of a PBL methodology in translation classes, presenting some previous cases that contributed with different perspectives on its application and development. Despite the contributions of these different approaches, this paper brings a different one focusing on the implementation of a case study supported by a PBL approach in the subject of Technical Translation at the Porto Accounting and Business School, a higher education institution in Portugal. The main goal was to provide a hands-on experience carried out in a digital environment by conducting and managing translation projects in all their stages. This methodology had a circular nature, allowing all students to experience the roles that the different actors in a translation project have and that will lead to their skills' development. Using preand posttests, as well as learning portfolios, we wanted to see whether or not the students would identify any of the underlying principles of PBL as personal learning outcomes. The methodology is detailed as well as the assessment results of the implemented strategy.

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The Use of Corpora in Translation Into the Second Language: A Project-Based Approach

Mohammed

2022

Front. Educ.

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This manuscript investigates to what extent the use of corpora could help translation trainees while translating from Arabic into English and vice versa. Forty Yemeni trainees, who were enrolled in an advanced course in Arabic-English translation during the academic year 2020, participated in the study. They participated in translation projects from which the data for this study was collected, using thinking aloud protocols and computational observation. The translation process was investigated using the translation process software Transalog, an eye-tracking software and the screen recording software Screen-O-Matic. This kind of computational observation enabled a researcher to discover the extent to which the participants were able to employ corpora in their translation projects. At the end of the study, the participants were given a questionnaire with the aim of finding out their perceptions toward the use of corpora in their translation projects, and toward the project-based training approach adopted in the study. The findings of the translation process indicated that the trainees employed various kinds of corpora in their translation projects. Results from the questionnaire showed that the trainees have very positive attitudes toward the progress in their instrumental translation sub-competence, the utilization of corpora tools, and the project-based training approach adopted in this study.

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Use of Project-based Training in Teaching Business Translation

Cited by 3 publications

References 12 publications

A Study on Gansu’s Translation and Interpretation Talents Training from the Perspective of Market Demand

A Study on Gansu’s Translation and Interpretation Talents Training from the Perspective of Market Demand

Translation Fit for Purpose: A Digital Collaborative Experience Using Project-Based Learning

The Use of Corpora in Translation Into the Second Language: A Project-Based Approach

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