2013, Vol.14, No.5

Community Interpreting in Discourses of Multiculturalism

Ji-Hae Kang | 2013, 14(5) | pp.7~42 | number of Cited : 15

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Investigate into Chinese-Korean Translation Education Methodology Based on Source Text Analysis

Keum jia | 2013, 14(5) | pp.43~66 | number of Cited : 4

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A study of teaching style and evaluation method found in translation courses based on class observation in University of Paris III and ESIT

Daeyoung KIM | 2013, 14(5) | pp.67~93 | number of Cited : 5

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Many western researchers divide translation training into two types: school translation at the university level and professional translation at the higher educational institution level (above university). However, several researchers now emphasize an integrated training by introducing professional translation at the university level. Through such training, students develop translation competency and knowledge which are largely shaped by the teaching style of professor, and are being assessed regularly to check on their improvements. Under these circumstances, the goal of training, teaching style, and assessment are closely intertwined, and each plays a prominent role in translation education. Moreover, the sociocultural factors of a given country may shape teaching methods of a professor. The aim of this paper is to investigate how the goal of training and the teaching style (student-centered vs. professor-centered) are influenced by socio-cultural factors as well as by assessment methods (process-oriented vs. result-oriented, validity/reliability of evaluation). The analysis of five classes of ESIT and two classes of L.E.A. of University Paris 3 in France conducted in 2010, revealed that the two schools adopted a student-oriented teaching style with two-way communication between professor and students, and that the teaching style is influenced by a unique socio-cultural background of France characterized as strong individualism, emphasis on flexible/creative thinking, and non-hierarchical interpersonal relations to name a few. While both ESIT and L.E.A. have in place an assessment criteria which incorporates factors such as validity and reliability, the two schools also stressed a process-oriented assessment with IPDC (Integrated Problem and Decision Reporting) which allow students to solve issues faced in translation and develop good judgment by applying tried-and-proven methods. We want to propose three courses namely lecture-active, research-oriented, and language-enhancement (for both source and target languages) in the curriculum of L.E.A. by building on the basic comprehension equation of the source-text proposed by Gile (1995) in order to accomplish the goal of introducing professional translation as a learning method at the university level.

Trends in Contemporary Research on Translation Studies in Korea (1999-2013)

Hye-Rim Kim | 2013, 14(5) | pp.95~115 | number of Cited : 27

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In Korea, Translation Studies(TS) began to be recognized as an independent academic discipline in the 1990s. The founding of the Korean Society of Interpretation and Translation Studies in 1998 and the Korean Association of Translation Studies in 1999 opened an academic forum for TS, distancing themselves from comparative literature and linguistics. This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Korean Society of Interpretation and Translation Studies and the 14th of the Korean Association of Translation Studies. These two academic societies publish “Conference Interpretation and Translation” and “the Journal of Translation Studies”, respectively. As the launching of these academic journals mark the institutionalization of TS in Korea, this study examined research papers published in these two journals to identify contemporary research trends in TS of Korea: first, the current study presented a new framework for classifying TS; second, quantitative analysis was conducted on the topics and methodologies of individual papers carried by the two publications; third, the results of quantitative analysis was interpreted qualitatively. The results showed that 1) research papers on translation outnumbered interpreting by four times; 2) both translation and interpretation research papers demonstrated relatively strong interest in text analysis; in interpretation research, the most frequent research topics were found to be education, text analysis and assessment in this order, while in translation text analysis was the dominant theme, followed by linguistic analysis; 3) by genre, literary translation was found to be the most actively researched area; 4) in interpretation research, the majority of research was being done on conference interpretation, resulting in the dearth of research on community interpretation; 5) in terms of research methodology, case studies and empirical studies represented the majority of research work; and 6) by language, translation of English accounted for the half of all papers reviewed, pointing to the need to diversify the language combinations to be studied. The current study has some limitations in that its classification framework was not been tested rigorously. However, the study presented a useful tool for putting contemporary TS research in Korea in perspective, and it is hoped that further studies will follow in this direction.

A Study of User Preference Towards Fansubs for American Television Series

박경리 | 2013, 14(5) | pp.117~141 | number of Cited : 13