Description

• Title:
  Media competence of translators
• Creator:
  Stefaniak, Karolina
• Description:
  Based on the distinction between translation competence and translator’s competence, the article introduces the concept of media competence of translators, understood as the abilities and skills to use electronic media in the process of translation critically and creatively. The necessity to develop media competence results on the one hand from the evolution of the translator’s profession, and on the other hand from the technological development influencing the nature of the translation process. Modern translators do not only translate. They also correct texts translated by others, edit computer-translated texts (post-editing), create and manage terminology databases, write abstracts in one language on the basis of articles written in another one, localize web-pages and so on. Translators become thus language service providers.This complex situation is reflected in the evolution of the concept of translation competence, which nowadays covers a great many skills and abilities a modern translator has to display, however, it loses at the same time its clarity. A distinction between translation competence and translator’s competence enables to maintain this clarity and to address the changing working conditions of translators and different translation situations. Translation competence (only singular) is understood as the ability to generate more than one target text for the source text, select one and justify one’s choice. It is independent from the particular language pair and the particular translation situation. Translator’s competences (plural) cover all other skills, abilities and qualities of a translator, developed in the course of professional training and used according to the particular situation, language pair and text type. They encompass the principles translators orient to as well as technical skills and abilities.Media competence is one of the translator’s competences and includes the skills and abilities to use electronic media in the process of translation in a creative but also critical way. However, only these aspects of the use of electronic media are concerned that are specific for the translator’s profession. The concept of media competence of translators may help structure training courses for future translators more effectively, which exploits the achievements of the translation theory and at the same time is fl exible enough to meet the market requirements for the translation profession.;
  W oparciu o rozróżnienie między kompetencją tłumaczeniową a kompetencjami tłumacza, artykuł wprowadza pojęcie kompetencji medialnej, jako umiejętności krytycznego i kreatywnego korzystania z mediów elektronicznych w pracy tłumacza. Konieczność rozwijania tej kompetencji wynika ze zmieniających się warunków pracy i stale rozszerzającego się zakresu obowiązków tłumacza, a potraktowanie jej jako jednej z kompetencji tłumacza pozwala zachować ostrość pojęcia kompetencji tłumaczeniowej i uwzględnić wypływ nowoczesnej technologii na proces tłumaczenia.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Date:
  2008.12.01
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
• Language:
  Polish
• Source:
  Rocznik Przekładoznawczy; Nr 3/4 (2008); 213-223;
  Translation Journal; No. 3/4 (2008); 213-223;
  2392-1552;
  1896-4362
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu
• Relation: https://apcz.umk.pl/RP/article/view/RP.2008.015/1820
• Subject:
  kompetencja tłumaczeniowa;
  kompetencja tłumacza;
  translation competence;
  translator's competence
• Identifier: https://apcz.umk.pl/RP/article/view/RP.2008.015
• Data provider:
  Akademicka Platforma Czasopism
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• Type:
  text