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Innovation and Expansion in Translation Process Research
Edited by Isabel Lacruz and Riitta Jääskeläinen
[American Translators Association Scholarly Monograph Series XVIII] 2018
► pp. 131–160

Chapter 7
Self-confidence and its role in translator training

The students’ perspective

Little attention has been paid in research to certain components of translator competence, such as “psychophysiological competence.” We study this competence and, more particularly, translator self-confidence from a dual perspective. Firstly, we adopt a theoretical approach based on the main translator competence models. Secondly, we present students’ perceptions of the role of self-confidence in translator training from a qualitative study of focus groups. More specifically, we describe students’ perceptions of the attention given to self-confidence in translator training, the development of their self-confidence during their training, the factors influencing that development in the classroom and the effects that self-confidence may have on them.
Keywords: focus group, translator competence, translator self-confidence, translator training
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2. Towards a definition of “translator self-confidence”
    • 2.1Self-confidence in TC models
    • 2.2Previous studies on translator self-confidence
    • 2.3Self-confidence in Educational Psychology
  • 3.Empirical study: Student perceptions of the role of translator confidence in translator training
    • 3.1Attention given to student confidence in the T&I Degree programme
    • 3.2Development of student confidence during the T&I Degree programme
    • 3.3Agents that have an impact on the development of student confidence during the T&I Degree programme
      • 3.3.1The teaching staff
      • 3.3.2Graduates of the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting
      • 3.3.3 Peers
      • 3.3.4Curriculum
      • 3.3.5The students themselves
    • 3.4Positive and negative effects
  • 4.Conclusions
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
  • Appendix
Published online: 1 February 2018
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