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Scocchera, Giovanna – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2020
Drawing from research on revision competence and revision didactics, and based on the proposal of a multi-component revision competence model, a short-term revision course was offered in 2015 as part of a Specialized Translation module. During the course, students were also involved in an experimental study whose overall aim was to investigate the…
Descriptors: Translation, Models, Comparative Analysis, Student Attitudes
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Chmiel, Agnieszka; Mazur, Iwona; Vercauteren, Gert – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2019
With the rising popularity of and legal requirements for media accessibility, a need has arisen to train professional audio describers and, to this end, to educate audio description trainers. This paper aims to serve as guidance for trainers who wish to design and conduct their own audio description course. It first identifies shortcomings in the…
Descriptors: Translation, Audio Equipment, Instructional Design, Professional Personnel
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Olalla-Soler, Christian – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2019
This paper presents the mentoring programme carried out by Professional Association of Translators and Interpreters of Catalonia (APTIC) based on a multiple-mentoring model. It was offered during the academic years 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 in collaboration with the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the Universitat de Vic and will continue in…
Descriptors: Self Employment, Professional Personnel, Translation, Work Ethic
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Plaza-Lara, Cristina – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2022
Project management has been established as a way to organise work in the translation industry. Although research on translator competences has become a cornerstone of Translation Studies, scant attention has been paid to the competences of translation project managers (PMs). The aim of this paper is to present the results obtained from a…
Descriptors: Translation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language of Instruction
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Hagemann, Susanne – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2019
Directionality has seldom been discussed with regard to the profiles of translation teachers. At German universities, the target language is usually the teacher's A language. By contrast, in countries whose languages are less widely spoken, it is more common for teachers to work into their B language along with their students. However, A-B…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Case Studies, Translation, Profiles
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Szarkowska, Agnieszka; Krejtz, Krzysztof; Dutka, Lukasz; Pilipczuk, Olga – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2018
In this study, we examined whether interpreters and interpreting trainees are better predisposed to respeaking than people with no interpreting skills. We tested 57 participants (22 interpreters, 23 translators and 12 controls) while respeaking 5-minute videos with two parameters: speech rate (fast/slow) and number of speakers (one/many). Having…
Descriptors: Translation, Comparative Analysis, Professional Personnel, Video Technology