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Publication details [#6644]
Niedzielski, Henry and Leonid Chernovaty. 1993. Linguistic and technical preparation in the training of technical translators and interpreters. In Wright, Sue Ellen and Leland D., Jr. Wright, eds. Scientific and technical translation (American Translators Association Scholarly Monograph Series 6). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. pp. 123–150. 
Publication type
Article in jnl/bk
Publication language
English
Keywords
assessment=evaluation | cultural constraints | empirical research=experimental research | error=translation error | historical approach=historiography=history | interpreter training | knowledge=background knowledge=expert knowledge | language for special purposes=LSP | linguistic approach=linguistics | professionalism=non-professionalism | research | stylistics=style | technical discourse
Abstract
In this article, the authors report on their empirical study of the relative effectiveness of linguistic versus technical training in the preparation of future translators and interpreters, concluding in the end that technical training provides a slight advantage for translation, whereas linguistic training provides an advantage for interpreting.
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