Professional Translators' Theorising Patterns in Comparison with Classroom Discourse on Translation
The Case of Japanese/English Translators in the UK
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4870762 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Akiko Sakamoto (0000-0001-9120-3089, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 271-288 |
| Publication date | 2017-09-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Meta Journal des traducteurs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-0452 • E-ISSN: 1492-1421 |
| Publisher | Consortium Erudit (PUBLISHER • CA) |
| DOI | 10.7202/1041024ar |
| OpenAlex | W2588854643 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 17 |
If we aim to offer translation education that prepares our students adequately for their future professional career, it is important to recognise the different subcultures of translation, particularly those of professional translators and translation academics/teachers. The present study describes how the subculture of working translators theorise their practice, specifically, what concepts they use when they justify their translations. Seventeen Japanese/English translators, all commercially successful professionals who work in the UK, were interviewed about their experience of conflictive situations with their clients. In this article, I present an analysis of their justifications of their translation choices using a grounded theory approach. The analysis identifies the concept of the Role of Participants as the most prominent concept in the translators' discourse. It also highlights several sub-concepts which relate to the main concept in intricate ways. These sub-concepts include Relationship, Knowledge of Language, Time and Effort, Authority and Natural/Literal Translation. The translators' theorization is compared with classroom discourse about translation and the differences and similarities are discussed
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |