It has been argued that the growing impact of new technologies on society should be reflected in education in response to the digital generation's extensive dependence on digital tools. This paper ...focuses on the incorporation of digital technologies into translator training by comparing the benefits and drawbacks of wikis, a collaborative online writing and editing tool, and face-to-face communication. In the study, trainee translators' performance in and attitudes towards face-to-face and digital revision are examined. Two groups of 12 trainee translators were asked to complete two pair-work assignments involving translation and revision: in the first, the participants were engaged in face-to-face interaction, while wiki collaboration was used in the second. The results show that the number of revisions was higher in wiki assignments, but there were no differences in the types of revisions. A short questionnaire shows that the participants' opinions of both modes of revision were positive: face-to-face revision was deemed somewhat easier and more efficient in terms of communication, whereas wiki revision was considered more effective in terms of time management. These findings call for further exploration of issues, such as pair dynamics, communication and flexibility, and their impact on the application of wikis to translator training.
It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our colleague, Professor Irena Kovačič, the first head of the Department of Translation Studies at the University of Ljubljana.
In multilingual settings, the abstract is the only part of the research article that is regularly translated. Although very brief, abstracts play an important role in academic communication, as they ...provide immediate access to research findings. Contrastive research has revealed considerable cross-linguistic differences in the rhetorical patterns of abstracts. The present paper focuses on how this variation is bridged in translation, by addressing an important rhetorical dimension of academic discourse, authorial presence. Specifically, it examines how authorial presence is reshaped in translated abstracts. An analysis of a small corpus of 150 Slovene research article abstracts from five disciplines and their English translations reveals several interesting types of recurring translators’ interventions, most notably the tendency to replace personal authorial references with impersonal structures. Data collected in interviews with four experienced translators of academic texts is used to shed light on potential reasons for interventions with authorial presence in translation.
The guest editors' objective was to open up a space for researchers to reflect on and rethink the role of different categories of translation and interpreting in contemporary contexts, engaging with ...both theory and practice.
Translation can play an important role in the dissemination of academic discourse. However, the type of translation used in academic settings is often non-conventional, involving partial translation, ...the combination of translation with other types of language mediation or self-translation. As empirical research into the translation of some academic genres has been restricted by the lack of visibility of translations, the various translation practices employed in academic settings remain largely unexplored - in particular the practice of self-translation. This paper addresses the issue of self-translation in academic discourse, focusing on the experiences and attitudes of Slovene scholars. Data were collected in an interview study involving nine experienced scholars from three different academic disciplines. The interviews reveal the participants' opinions on translation direction in self-translation, their practices concerning adaptation in self-translation, and their views on self-translation of academic texts. The findings delve into the key issues encountered by authors-translators and highlight the potential of self-translated academic texts for contrastive, intercultural and pedagogical purposes.
Translating Texts: An Introductory Coursebook on Translation and Text Formation, a textbook intended for trainee translators in both language-specific and language-neutral translation courses, as ...well as for language students, provides authentic materials designed to promote text awareness. It offers students an opportunity to gain insight into a text-centered approach to translation, fostering systematic reflection on macro and- micro-textual features of selected genres.
Specialized translation and LSP pedagogy share a common interest in cross-cultural and cross-linguistic contact involving texts for specific purposes. Corpus linguistic studies of different types of ...multilingual corpora may be of importance to researchers working in both fields. The aim of this paper is to explore the connections between language for academic purposes and specialized translation through a corpus study of academic discourse. A small parallel Slovene-English corpus of geography research papers published in a bilingual journal is analysed to examine the adaptations in the translated texts. The results reveal that revoicing occurs in the texts translated into English, as they contain more explicit references to Slovenia to ensure an unambiguous interpretation. The findings also underline the importance of establishing a stronger connection between LSP pedagogy and specialized translator training.
In Slovenia, surtitles are increasingly used to facilitate access to the textual content of a play when it is performed for an international audience. The process of creating a translation in the ...format of surtitles is characterized by complexity and hybridity, as a translation of a theatre text, even when available, needs to be adapted for a different medium. This paper examines how English surtitles for the Slovenian play Pavla nad prepadom / Pavla above the Precipice were created by comparing four versions of the text of the performance.
In translation of academic discourse intended for publication, rhetorical conventions present specific challenges to the translator who is not a member of the academic discourse community. This paper ...addresses the issue of translation of rhetorical conventions in academic discourse from the perspective of translator training. The study uses translation task analysis, questionnaires and interviews to examine trainee translators' translation performance, their awareness and perception of academic rhetorical conventions, as well as their assumptions and experiences relating to the translation of academic discourse. The translation task analysis reveals issues related to the translation of rhetorical conventions. Questionnaire and interview data are used to explore potential reasons for these issues. The findings identify several pedagogical challenges that need to be addressed in translator training, including trainee translators' familiarity with the social and discursive practices of the academic community, and their awareness of rhetorical elements used in academic texts in the two languages.
•Pedagogically motivated study of translation of academic discourse.•Translation of rhetorical conventions in academic discourse is explored.•Analysis of translations reveals issues related to rhetorical conventions.•Potential reasons for problems are examined.
S problematiko prevajanja epistemske naklonskosti so se ze v osemdesetih letih ukvarjali Tabakowska (1989) ter R. Markkanen in H. Schröder (1989), slednja predvsem z vidika pragmatike in ...metadiskurza, v okviru raziskav t. i. omejevalcev oziroma 'hedges'. Priblizno deset let kasneje je tematiko epistemske naklonskosti s stalisca anglesko-svedske kontrastivne analize sistematicno obdelala tudi Karin Aijmer (1999). Elzbieta Tabakowska (1989) razclenjuje rabo prislovov, ki izrazajo epistemsko naklonskost v zgodovinski knjigi v angleskem jeziku, in ugotavlja, katere ustreznice so bile za posamezne izraze izbrane v poljskem prevodu iste knjige. Tabakowska (1989) pokaze, da se prevodne ustreznice mocno razlikujejo od slovarskih ustreznic in meni, da so prevodne ustreznice izbrane na podlagi prevajalceve ocene o avtorjevi zavezanosti vsebini. Raija Markkanen in Hartmut Schröder (1989) se v svoji studiji ukvarjata s prevajanjem metadiskurzne kategorije omejevalcev v znanstvenih besedilih: pri analizi prevodov znanstvenih besedil, ki so jih prevedli avtorji sami, sta ugotovila, da so vsi trije pisci-prevajalci v procesu mocno posegli v strukturo in pogostost omejevalcev, da bi besedilo prilagodili ciljni kulturi. Toda to je bilo mogoce predvsem zato, ker so bili prevajalci hkrati tudi pisci besedil, Markkanen in Schröder (1989) pa sta postavila zelo tehtno vprasanje, kako se s tem problemom spopada prevajalec, ki ni avtor besedila, in ali bi prevajalec tudi v tem primeru rabo omejevalcev lahko prilagajal ciljni kulturi. Vprasanja sekundarnega poseganja v epistemsko naklonskost se je lotila tudi Anna Mauranen (1997), in sicer z analizo lektorskih popravkov v znanstvenih besedilih: ugotovila je, da so bili ti na podrocju omejevalcev minimalni, saj se je lektorjem zdelo, da bi taksni popravki pomenili poseganje na avtorjevo podrocje. Prevajalec poljudnoznanstvenega besedila se pri prevajanju izrazov epistemske naklonskosti torej srecuje z razmeroma zapletenim problemom: konvencije rabe omejevalcev (in posledicno s tem tudi izrazov epistemske naklonskosti) so v jezikih zelo razlicne, prav tako se med jeziki razlikujejo tudi sredstva za izrazanje epistemske naklonskosti. Ker so kontrastivne studije retoricnih konvencij (npr. Pisanski Peterlin 2005) pokazale, da se raba metadiskurza v slovenscini in anglescini mocno razlikuje, hkrati pa so analize izrazanja naklonskosti za slovenscino (npr. Carolin Roeder in Hansen 2006) pokazale, da se v njej epistemska naklonskost izraza precej drugace kot v anglescini (npr. Frank Palmer 2001), je mogoce predvideti, da se v stevilnih primerih prevajalec znajde pred vprasanjem, ali naj prevod prilagodi ciljni kulturi in izraz epistemske naklonskosti vstavi, izpusti ali spremeni, in s tem mocno poseze v besedilo, ali naj kot vodilo pri prevajanju tovrstnih izrazov jemlje ustreznost in sledi izvirniku, s tem pa tvega, da bo jezik v prevodu drugacen od slovenscine, ki jo najdemo v primerljivih slovenskih izvirnikih. Prvi del analiticnega postopka je obsegal kvantitativno analizo korpusa. Besedilni korpus v elektronski obliki je bil analiziran s pomocjo programskega orodja WordSmith Tools (Scott 1996), verzija 4.0. Analiza je bila narejena na podlagi seznama izrazov epistemske naklonskosti; leksikogramatikalne kategorije, ki so zajete, so podrobneje predstavljene v razdelku 2. Rezultati elektronske analize so bili nato rocno pregledani in v tem delu postopka so bili izloceni vsi zadetki, ki niso izrazali epistemske naklonskosti. Koncni rezultati so bili nato za vsako od kategorij izrazeni v obliki absolutnega stevila vseh pojavitev in preracunani v stevilo pojavitev na 1000 besed. Ob tem je bil za vsako od kategorij izracunan tudi odstotni delez, ki ga pred- stavlja glede na vse identiicirane izraze epistemske naklonskosti. Drugi del postopka je obsegal analizo rabe posameznih kategorij epistemske naklonskosti; analiza rabe je temeljila na analizi sobesedila. Primerjava pogostosti posameznih prislovov pokaze, da se vecinoma pojavljajo v obeh korpusih (izjema so prislovi morebiti, ki se v prevodih ne pojavlja, v korpusu izvirnikov pa je zelo redek, saj se pojavi le trikrat, brzkone, ki se pojavlja le v prevodih, prav tako le trikrat, in nemara, ki se prav tako pojavlja le v prevodih, in sicer dvakrat). Ostali prislovi so vecinoma rabljeni priblizno enako pogosto v obeh korpusih, izjemi sta morda, ki je v prevodih stirikrat pogostejsi kot v izvirnikih, in lahko. Lahko je dalec najpogostejsi prislov v obeh podkorpusih, saj predstavlja priblizno polovico vseh primerov, v katerih se pojavljajo prislovi. V prevodih je precej manj pogost kot v izvirnikih; v prevodih se v epistemski vlogi pojavi v 169 primerih, v izvirnikih pa v 255 primerih. Pri tem je treba seveda upostevati, da lahko ni vedno rabljen v epistemskem pomenu, vendar so v tej raziskavi upostevani le primeri, v katerih je njegova raba epistemska. Spodnji primeri (16-19) ilustrirajo rabo epistemskih prislovov v obeh podkorpusih.
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