Professionalisation in Translator Education through Virtual Networks

In recent years, much attention has been devoted to professionalisation in translator education. As a result, many different pedagogical activities have been proposed, focusing on the question of how students can acquire professional skills during their studies. This chapter will focus on one such pedagogical activity, i.e. the organisation of Simulated Translation Bureaus (STBs), in which students work on translation projects obtained from real (or fictitious) clients. The aim of the activity is to imitate as best as possible the tasks that translators face in real translation projects. In this chapter, the authors will argue that collaboration between STBs through virtual networks can increase the degree of authenticity in simulated translation workflows. In the first part of this chapter, consideration will be bestowed upon the underlying reasons for the implementation of STBs in translation curricula. In the second part, possibilities for collaboration in the context of INSTB will be discussed.

ISBN:9781522541547

Jaar van publicatie:2018