Enseignement de la traductologie au Brésil : étude ethnographique à l'Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)
Brazil is a country which attracts the attention of the whole world. Indeed, specialists from all fields are fascinated by this emerging country. The situation is not different when it comes to Translation Studies. Brazil captivates the attention of Translation scholars worldwide, who are interested in the dynamism of its translation practices and theoretical reflection on translation. The objective of this thesis is to draw an overall picture of Translation Studies teaching in Brazil, more particularly in the Pós-Graduação em Estudos da Tradução (PGET) of the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC). This program, established in 2003, is the first specialized programme in Translation Studies in Brazil, and the first PhD in Translation Studies in Latin America. In 2016, there are about 200 students who are registered at Master’s degree and PhD level in the PGET. After an overview of different theories on translation teaching and learning, we describe the main publications in Translation Studies teaching. That description reveals that Translation Studies teaching is still a rather under-exploited field. Our interest in Brazil has been motivated by the fact that it has an important number of students specializing in Translation Studies, which is above the world average. We start by going through the history of translation teaching since 1968, date of creation of the first Translation program in the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro. We then engage in the history and the structure of the UFSC’s PGET, our main subject of study. Using an ethnographic field study, we describe the main features of the teaching of Translation Studies at the PGET/UFSC, the general profile of its students and teachers, the subjects taught and the teachers’ teaching methodologies.
Brazil Translation Studies Translation Teaching Postgraduate Studies in Translation