Because something should change. Translator and interpreter training: Past, present and future

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Published: Jan 30, 2020
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pedagogy, translation and interpreting, ICT, (Meta)cognition, social constructivism

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Miguel Tolosa Igualada
Universidad de Alicante
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7457-2157
Álvaro Echeverri
Universidad de Montreal
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1069-7361

Abstract

Interpreter and translator training has undergone important changes. Methodologies centred on the teacher (i.e. “apprenticeship approach”, in interpreting or the method “who takes the next sentence?”, in translation) have slowly given way to situated approaches which foster higher cognitive processes in authentic situations. The advances in the pedagogy of translation and interpreting have led to the progress of two communities looking for the consolidation of strong investigative traditions. The aim of this paper is to propose a retrospective of the development of interpreters and translators training and to propose some ideas to adapt that training to the “digital natives” ways of learning.

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Tolosa Igualada, M., & Echeverri, Álvaro. (2020). Because something should change. Translator and interpreter training: Past, present and future. MonTI. Monographs in Translation and Interpreting, (11), 29–46. Retrieved from https://www.e-revistes.uji.es/index.php/monti/article/view/4258
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No. 11 (2019): Porque algo tiene que cambiar. La formación de traductores e intérpretes: presente & futuro
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Author Biographies

Miguel Tolosa Igualada, Universidad de Alicante

Miguel Tolosa Igualada holds a PhD in Translation Studies (2009), Master’s in Translation Studies (2004) and bachelor’s degree in Translation and Interpreting (2001), University of Alicante (Spain). He is a sworn translator (French-Spanish/Spanish-French) since 2002. His main research interests are: the translation and the interpreting activities analysed as cognitive processes and the link with difficulty solving and commission of errors; the translation and the interpreting didactics; the translation and interpreting activities within the International Organizations and in the private market. He teaches translation and interpretation at the University of Alicante since 2005. He has been a professional translator and interpreter since 2001. He teaches general and specialized translation, consecutive and simultaneous interpretation (Bachelor’s Degree in Translation and Interpreting, UA), Interpreting in International Organizations (Master’s Degree in Institutional Translation, UA) and a doctoral course on translation and interpreting empirical research (Doctorado en Traductología, traducción profesional y audiovisual).

Álvaro Echeverri, Universidad de Montreal

Alvaro Echeverri holds a Ph.D. in Translation Studies (2008) from the Université de Montréal, a M.A. in Translation (2001) from Kent State University (USA) and a B.A. in Modern Languages (1994) from the Universidad de Antioquia (Colombia). His main research interest areas are translation pedagogy, translation of translation studies’ seminal texts, and the history of translation in Latin America. Concerning the pedagogy of translation his research in based on student-centred approaches to learning, active learning, in particular the metacognitive dimension of translation. His interests in the history of translation hover around the translation of political texts at the time of Independence. He teaches documentary research for translator, translation methodology, theoretical approaches to translation and a seminar on Translator trainers.

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