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IS IT POSSIBLE TO TEACH TRANSLATION IN THE CLASSROOM? | ||
| JOURNAL OF THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION FOR WOMEN | ||
| Article 1, Volume 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 528-551 | ||
| Author | ||
| Khalida Hamid Tisgam | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Many translators, though flattered at being invited to teach a course at a university, are hesitant to accept the position due to their lack of pedagogical knowledge. Many problems regarding teaching translation arise from the fact that a great number of experienced and skilled translators who have been asked to teach beginner translators believe that translation is learned by experience and personal intuition and can by no means be taught in the classroom. Many of them also believe that translation theories are all of no use. On the opposite extreme are people who argue that translation is or (can) become an exact science like any other. Accordingly, one can ask the following questions: Is translation teachable at all? It is better to first define what the real nature of translation is; is it a science, an art or a craft? (Because it is only then that one can decide whether it is something to be taught in the classroom like any other field of study and with the same existing teaching methods.) Do translators need to be taught in the art or science of translation? Is it possible to train a translator in a classroom? The present study deals firstly with some theoretical reflections on the translation process and the various approaches to teaching translation. Secondly, it attempts to answer the above questions. Then, a course for translation is designed and described. Besides, it suggests some guidelines concerning how to design a translation course that is based mainly on the university students' needs, the best way to choose such a course and the errors that may be made by a course designer. Finally, it tries to identify the suitable procedures in the translation process and in the translation course itself in order to hopefully lead to more understanding of the learning and teaching of translation and gives the possible recommendations in this respect. | ||
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