| The Reflective Translator: Strategies and Affects of Self-directed Professionals Contributor(s): Grucza, Sambor (Other), Albin, Joanna (Author) |
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ISBN: 3631645244 ISBN-13: 9783631645246 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $59.30 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Counseling - Career Development - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General - Psychology | Cognitive Psychology & Cognition |
| Dewey: 418.02 |
| Series: Warschauer Studien Zur Germanistik Und Zur Angewandten Lingu |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 8.4" (0.57 lbs) 159 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Although university studies do not always provide translators with the necessary skills, many of them continue in their professional capacity, which is understood to be the result of self-directed learning processes. Thus, translators seem to be not only agents of their own education, but also products of translation operations. The data obtained by means of a questionnaire covers three areas: specialisation and the market, qualifications and competence as well as affects and attitudes. Also, a general description of translators' specific self-directed learning strategies is provided. The results reveal that institutional training has virtually no importance in the professional education of translators and that the skills missed most in their everyday activity are those they failed to acquire by means of self-directed learning procedures. |