Language and linguistics today: Translator's competence and skills - introduction 2510-f1ENG2W-LLT-TCI

The course is devoted to translation competence and creativity discussed in the context of various translation theories. Particular taxonomies and models are assessed critically in terms of their usefulness for practitioners. Apart from theoretical considerations, problems concerning translator’s workshop are discussed.

The course will cover:

- PACTE and EMT groups' typologies of competences
- typology of errors/mistakes
- Antony Pym's approach to competence - a minimalist approach
- Don Kiraly’s views on translator’s competence and education
- Translator training in Poland
- Problem-solving process in translation process.
- Creativity in translation: the four phase model of cognition; divergent thinking
- Translator’s creativity vs. constraints on it
- Selected aspects of translation psychology -personality traits.
- Types of cultural references, strategies and procedures to render them in translation (illustration of previously discussed methodologies)
- The use of dictionaries – problems and solutions
- Electronic tools for translators – introduction
- Translator's workshop and job opportunities.