The Reflective Translator: Strategies and Affects of Self-directed Professionals

by Joanna Albin

Overview

The study provides data on translators' specific self-directed learning strategies. Additional data covers three areas: specialisation and the market, qualifications and competence as well as affects and attitudes. Textual operations, which traditionally have been investigated in Translation Studies, are not examined.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783631645246
Publisher:	Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Publication date:	07/30/2014
Series:	Warschauer Studien zur Germanistik und zur Angewandten Linguistik , #16
Pages:	159
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Joanna Albin studied Spanish Philology at the University of Granada (Spain). She joined the Department of Modern Languages at the Pedagogical University of Cracow (Poland) as a teacher and translator trainer. Her research focuses on environmental and affective factors in the translation profession and on self-directed learning of professional translators.

Table of Contents

Contents: Self-directed learning – Construction of knowledge – Social Cognitive Theory – Translator – Affective factors – Environmental factors – Translator competence –Vocational training – Learning at work – Self-efficacy – Self-directedness – Translators’ specific learning strategies – Reflective practitioner – Andragogy – Heutagogy – Capability.

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