applying translation theory in teaching

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1、ApplyingTranslationTheoryinTeachingMaríaCalzadaPérezUniversitatJaumeI,CastellóndelaPlana,SpainABSTRACTAbasicpremiseofthisarticleisthattheinstitutionalteachingoftranslationstudieshasevolvedinthepastdecadespartlyduetoagrowingconnectionbetweentheoryandteachingpractice.Thepresentarti

2、clefocusesonhowsevenproponentsofvarioustranslationtheoriesteachinclassrooms,onwhytheoryisimportantfortheteachingoftheprofession,andonthenatureoftheory.Thisdiscussionleadstoafundamentalconcernforthetrainingoffuturetranslatorsforprofessionalwork.Itisarguedthattranslationtraineessho

3、uldbeexposedtoavarietyofapproachestotranslationwhichareinspiredbyandconnecttodifferenttheoreticalschoolssothatstudentsareinthiswaytaughttobeflexibleintheirapproachtotextsandwillalsolearntheoryinpracticalapplication.KEYWORDS:ideologyintranslationstudies,translationpedagogy.Introdu

4、ctionThe“successstory”(BassnettandLefevere1990:xi)ofinstitutionaltrainingoftranslatorsand1interpretersisindisputable.Inthe1970s,therewereonly49translationtrainingcentresintheworld.Inthe1980s,thefiguregrewto108.Thiswasboostedtoover250programmesoftranslationandinterpretinginthe1990

5、s(FiguresfromCaminadeandPym(1998:280-285)).Inthepastdecades,however,therehavebeencriticalvoices-suchasHouse(1981:7-8)andHurtadoAlbir(1999:10)-whohavewarnedagainstthelackofasystematicpedagogicalframeworkandwho,likeJulianeHouse,havedepictedthetypicaltranslationlearningsettinginblea

6、kterms:Theteacherofthecourse…passesoutatext(thereasonfortheselectionofthistextisusuallynotexplained…).Thistextisfulloftraps,whichmeansthattheteachersdonotsetouttotrainstudentsinthecomplexanddifficultartoftranslation,buttosnareatthemandleadthemintoerror.Thetextisthenprepared…forth

7、efollowingsessionsandthewholegroupgoesthroughthetextsentencebysentence,witheachsentencebeingreadbyadifferentstudent.Theinstructorasksforalternativetranslationsolutions,correctsthesuggestedversionandfinallypresentsthesentenceinitsfinal“correct”form…Thisprocedureisnaturallyveryfrus

8、tratingforthestudents.(House1981:7-8)Und