Researching Translation Competence by PACTE Group
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This volume is a compendium of PACTE Group’s experimental research in Translation Competence since 1997. The book is organised in four main parts and also includes eight appendices and a glossary. Part I presents the conceptual and methodological framework of PACTE’s Translation Competence research design. Part II focuses on the methodological aspects of the research design and its development: exploratory tests and pilot studies carried out; experiment design; characteristics of the sample population; procedures of data collection and analysis. Part III presents the results obtained in the experiment related to: the Acceptability of the translations produced in the experiment and the six dependent variables of study (Knowledge of Translation; Translation Project; Identification and Solution of Translation Problems; Decision-making; Efficacy of the Translation Process; Use of Instrumental Resources); this part also includes a corpus analysis of the translations. Part IV analyses the translators who were ranked highest in the experiment and goes on to present final conclusions as well as PACTE’s perspectives in the field of Translation Competence research.
[Benjamins Translation Library, 127] 2017. xxix, 401 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 24 January 2017
Published online on 24 January 2017
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
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List of figures | pp. xv–xvi
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List of tables | pp. xvii–xx
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Preface | pp. xxi–xxii
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Acknowledgements | pp. xxiii–xxiv
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Introduction | pp. xxv–xxix
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Part I: Conceptual and methodological background
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Chapter 1. Translation and Translation CompetenceAmparo Hurtado Albir | pp. 3–34
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Chapter 2. PACTE Translation Competence model: A holistic, dynamic model of Translation CompetencePACTE GROUP | pp. 35–42
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Chapter 3. Methodological backgroundWilhelm Neunzig | pp. 43–60
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Part II: Research design and data analysis
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Chapter 4. Developing the research designPACTE GROUP | pp. 63–80
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Chapter 5. Experiment designPACTE GROUP | pp. 81–96
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Chapter 6. Characteristics of the sampleAnna Kuznik | pp. 97–106
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Chapter 7. Data collection and analysisPACTE GROUP | pp. 107–116
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Part III: Results of the PACTE Translation Competence experiment
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Chapter 8. AcceptabilityPACTE GROUP | pp. 119–130
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Chapter 9. Knowledge of TranslationPACTE GROUP | pp. 131–152
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Chapter 10. Translation ProjectPACTE GROUP | pp. 153–164
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Chapter 11. Dynamic Translation Index: Knowledge of Translation and Translation ProjectPACTE GROUP | pp. 165–170
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Chapter 12. Identification and Solution of Translation ProblemsPACTE GROUP | pp. 171–190
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Chapter 13. Decision-makingPACTE GROUP | pp. 191–210
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Chapter 14. Efficacy of the Translation ProcessPACTE GROUP | pp. 211–218
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Chapter 15. Use of Instrumental ResourcesAnna Kuznik | pp. 219–242
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Chapter 16. Analysis of the Translation Competence corpus from PACTE’s experiment*Patricia Rodríguez-Inés | pp. 243–266
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Part IV: Defining features of translation competence
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Chapter 17. The performance of the top-ranking translatorsPACTE GROUP | pp. 269–280
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Chapter 18. Conclusions: Defining features of Translation CompetencePACTE GROUP | pp. 281–302
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Chapter 19. The second stage of PACTE Group’s research: Experimental research into the Acquisition of Translation CompetencePACTE GROUP | pp. 303–308
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Glossary | pp. 309–322
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Appendices | pp. 323–388
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References
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Index | p. 401
“This much needed monograph, offers a unique glimpse into the first largescale effort to develop, validate, and empirically test the notion of translation competence. It offers not only the theoretical and empirically tested results, but also an empirically tested componential model of translation competence that can be used in Applied Studies [...], making the transfer from the Pure branch of TS to its Applied branch a reality in tune with many others similar disciplines.”
Miguel A. Jiménez-Crespo, Rutgers University, in Sendebar 2017, pp. 287-291
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Translation & Interpreting Studies
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CFP: Translation & interpretation
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LAN023000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Translating & Interpreting