Translation Competence

This book offers a systematic and comprehensive account of translation competence (TC), reflecting on its different models and conceptualisations throughout its development and outlining future directions for both theory and practice.

Autorentext

Carla Quinci is a research fellow in Translation Studies at the University of Padova (Italy). Her first publication with Routledge is an updated and expanded version of her award-winning doctoral dissertation on translation competence. She has recently designed and carried out a new research project on the implementation of machine translation in (legal) translator training.

Inhalt

Introduction. Section 1: Theory. 1 The conceptualisation and modelling of translation competence 2 Translators in the making: developing translation competence Section 2: Research. 3 Designing an empirical longitudinal study on TC 4 Mapping textual patterns onto translation competence 5 Assessing translation quality 6 Complementary evidence to product data 7 An integrated product- and process-oriented analysis Section 3: Practice. 8 From theory and research to practice: introducing and training reading, drafting, and revision strategies Index