The Role of Translation Education and "Humanities Plus" in Liberal Education
During the past few years, many scholars have been re-evaluating both the “what” and the “how” of liberal education. These re-evaluations have sought to define liberal education in ways that go far beyond the classic formulations of the Yale Report of 1828 and Cardinal Newman’s Idea of a University. In particular, the new definitions emphasize the need for pragmatic and experiential education along with Newman’s “cultivation of the intellect.” For several reasons, translator education fits this modern approach to liberal education quite well. First, as students develop translation competence, they hone the critical thinking skills associated with traditional liberal education. Second, as students fulfill translation internships in community settings, they gain practical experience that helps them see how their critical thinking skills apply to the professional world. The Spanish translation major at Brigham Young University illustrates how such an experiential program can work.
A Collaborative Approach to the Teaching of Terminology Management
In this article, we aim to present a basic collaborative didactic proposal for the integration of terminology skills into the training of professional translators, focusing on a project-oriented and concept-system-based approach to translation-oriented terminography. To do so, we will first identify and define the main concepts from the discipline of terminology. Secondly, we will highlight the main elements of the important relationship between terminology, specialized communication, and specialized translation. Thirdly, we will specifically focus on the concept "concept" to introduce the notion of "concept system." Finally, we will build on the idea of a concept system to introduce a knowledge-oriented, collaborative approach to the teaching of terminology and terminology management within translator training programs.
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