How Successful Are Undergraduate Students in Revising and Justifying Different Types of Translation Decisions in Response to Instructor Feedback?

This article discusses a study which investigated undergraduate students’ skills in revising and justifying different types of translation decisions. Thirty-six students translated a text into the L1 or L2 using all available resources. The translations were assessed based on their functionality an...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:070caec51551420dbb0551db9fd9a8502021-11-27T13:05:15ZHow Successful Are Undergraduate Students in Revising and Justifying Different Types of Translation Decisions in Response to Instructor Feedback?10.12797/MOaP.24.2018.42.041689-91212391-6745https://doaj.org/article/070caec51551420dbb0551db9fd9a8502018-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.akademicka.pl/moap/article/view/365https://doaj.org/toc/1689-9121https://doaj.org/toc/2391-6745 This article discusses a study which investigated undergraduate students’ skills in revising and justifying different types of translation decisions. Thirty-six students translated a text into the L1 or L2 using all available resources. The translations were assessed based on their functionality and other criteria related to preserving source text content and assuring target text adequacy; controversial translation decisions were marked with symbols denoting particular criteria. The students then revised or justified their translation decisions. The revisions, justifications, as well as instances where no action was taken were analysed in order to establish what actions the students performed regarding particular types of the instructor’s markings and how effective these actions were, both irrespective of and depending on directionality. Marta ChodkiewiczKsiegarnia Akademicka Publishingarticletranslation quality assessmentdirectionalityL1 and L2 translationtranslation competencerevision and justification skillsTranslating and interpretingP306-310ENFRPLMiędzy Oryginałem a Przekładem, Vol 24, Iss 4 (42) (2018)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
FR
PL
topic translation quality assessment
directionality
L1 and L2 translation
translation competence
revision and justification skills
Translating and interpreting
P306-310
spellingShingle translation quality assessment
directionality
L1 and L2 translation
translation competence
revision and justification skills
Translating and interpreting
P306-310
Marta Chodkiewicz
How Successful Are Undergraduate Students in Revising and Justifying Different Types of Translation Decisions in Response to Instructor Feedback?
description This article discusses a study which investigated undergraduate students’ skills in revising and justifying different types of translation decisions. Thirty-six students translated a text into the L1 or L2 using all available resources. The translations were assessed based on their functionality and other criteria related to preserving source text content and assuring target text adequacy; controversial translation decisions were marked with symbols denoting particular criteria. The students then revised or justified their translation decisions. The revisions, justifications, as well as instances where no action was taken were analysed in order to establish what actions the students performed regarding particular types of the instructor’s markings and how effective these actions were, both irrespective of and depending on directionality.
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title How Successful Are Undergraduate Students in Revising and Justifying Different Types of Translation Decisions in Response to Instructor Feedback?
title_short How Successful Are Undergraduate Students in Revising and Justifying Different Types of Translation Decisions in Response to Instructor Feedback?
title_full How Successful Are Undergraduate Students in Revising and Justifying Different Types of Translation Decisions in Response to Instructor Feedback?
title_fullStr How Successful Are Undergraduate Students in Revising and Justifying Different Types of Translation Decisions in Response to Instructor Feedback?
title_full_unstemmed How Successful Are Undergraduate Students in Revising and Justifying Different Types of Translation Decisions in Response to Instructor Feedback?
title_sort how successful are undergraduate students in revising and justifying different types of translation decisions in response to instructor feedback?
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