Preparing Professionals: A Response to Hans G. Honig.

Shuttleworth, Mark

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ERIC Number: EJ561173

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Publication Date: 1997

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Preparing Professionals: A Response to Hans G. Honig.

Shuttleworth, Mark

Current Issues in Language and Society, v4 n1 p78-82 1997

A response to a paper on Translation Quality Assessment (TQA) and the training of translators focuses on the paper's criticism of the theoretical basis for teaching and evaluating student work. It discusses how criteria for evaluation of translations are determined and the role of the client/audience in this process. (MSE)

Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education, Interpretive Skills, Language Processing, Professional Education, Quality Control, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Skill Development, Student Evaluation, Translation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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