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TargetVol. 22:2 (2010) ► pp.194–211
Translator status
Helpers and opponents in the ongoing battle of an emerging profession
The present article is part of a larger project which investigates the occupational status of professional translators. The studies conducted so far within the framework of the project have been based on questionnaires and mainly been of a quantitative nature. The present article reports on a qualitative analysis of the wealth of comments which the translators who participated in the questionnaire studies wrote in response to an open invitation to comment on anything in relation to the study and its subject. In order to structure the translators’ comments, we have relied on Algirdas-Julien Greimas’ actantial model. Themes identified as important facilitators of or barriers to status included translator training, recognition of translators’ expertise, authorization, level of professionalization and income.
Keywords: translator status, the translation profession, status parameters, actantial model, helpers and opponents
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Translation in Denmark—an emerging profession
- 3.Data
- 4.Method—the actantial model
- 5.Analyses
- Helpers/opponents:
- 6.Discussion of results
- 7.Conclusion
- Notes
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