Models of training translators in the field of specialist legal knowledge
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https://doi.org/10.12775/RP.2011.012Keywords
translation didactics, training translators, written translation, legal translationAbstract
The aim of this paper is to present and discuss the existing models of training future translators specialising in legal texts at the university level. The analysed programmes were selected from undergraduate teaching programmes included in the European Master’s in Translation (EMT) project. Due to specific solutions in the field of teaching legal translation, other programmes encompassing the specificity of legal translation are taken into account. As far as future translators specialising in legal translation are concerned, four components of teaching programmes seem to be important: the translator training curriculum, the significance of legal translation and other related subjects in the curriculum, and, finally, the profiles of the trainer and the student. It should be emphasised that each of these components plays an important role in the development of the programmes designed to educate professional translators. What is more, taking into consideration the above research criteria, four models of teaching can be distinguished that are based on the distinction between two basic components of teaching programmes, i.e., the legal part and the translation. All four models are described and analysed providing the account of the two abovementioned components as well as their relation to the overall translator training curriculum. The analysis leads to the conclusion that four models of education in the field of legal translation can be observed, i.e. the translation model, translation model with basic legal background, translation model with extended legal background and, finally, the legal model.
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