@article{ART003281301},
author={Song Yonsuk},
title={Reflective journals for developing critical thinking in translator trainees: An exploratory study},
journal={The Journal of Translation Studies},
issn={1229-795X},
year={2025},
volume={26},
number={4},
pages={133-160},
doi={10.15749/jts.2025.26.4.005}
TY - JOUR
AU - Song Yonsuk
TI - Reflective journals for developing critical thinking in translator trainees: An exploratory study
JO - The Journal of Translation Studies
PY - 2025
VL - 26
IS - 4
PB - The Korean Association for Translation Studies
SP - 133
EP - 160
SN - 1229-795X
AB - As advances in generative AI reshape the broader landscape of translation practice, translation classrooms long centered on human translation are being forced to reconsider their pedagogy and assessment. This paper explores the potential of reflective journals as a process-oriented tool for cultivating critical thinking in translator training, particularly in pedagogical settings that require students to justify and articulate their translation decisions. The argument develops in three steps. First, it examines the conceptual links among critical thinking, reflection, and translation competence to establish a theoretical foundation for journal-based assessment. Second, it reviews methodological approaches to evaluating reflective journals and identifies a model that can be adapted to reflection in the context of translation, with attention to levels of reflection, coding categories, and the analytical unit of reflection. Third, it applies this model to students’ reflective journals from a graduate translation course to demonstrate how it can be used to analyze levels of reflection, as well as to generate formative insights into students’ decision-making processes. The paper concludes by discussing limitations of this exploratory model and the need for further refinement in rubric design and reliability procedures. It suggests that reflective journals may offer a feasible, albeit still provisional, means of fostering critical thinking in translator training in the age of AI.
KW - Reflective journal;critical thinking;reflection;translation competence;assessment rubric
DO - 10.15749/jts.2025.26.4.005
ER -
Song Yonsuk. (2025). Reflective journals for developing critical thinking in translator trainees: An exploratory study. The Journal of Translation Studies, 26(4), 133-160.
Song Yonsuk. 2025, "Reflective journals for developing critical thinking in translator trainees: An exploratory study", The Journal of Translation Studies, vol.26, no.4 pp.133-160. Available from: doi:10.15749/jts.2025.26.4.005
Song Yonsuk "Reflective journals for developing critical thinking in translator trainees: An exploratory study" The Journal of Translation Studies 26.4 pp.133-160 (2025) : 133.
Song Yonsuk. Reflective journals for developing critical thinking in translator trainees: An exploratory study. 2025; 26(4), 133-160. Available from: doi:10.15749/jts.2025.26.4.005
Song Yonsuk. "Reflective journals for developing critical thinking in translator trainees: An exploratory study" The Journal of Translation Studies 26, no.4 (2025) : 133-160.doi: 10.15749/jts.2025.26.4.005
Song Yonsuk. Reflective journals for developing critical thinking in translator trainees: An exploratory study. The Journal of Translation Studies, 26(4), 133-160. doi: 10.15749/jts.2025.26.4.005
Song Yonsuk. Reflective journals for developing critical thinking in translator trainees: An exploratory study. The Journal of Translation Studies. 2025; 26(4) 133-160. doi: 10.15749/jts.2025.26.4.005
Song Yonsuk. Reflective journals for developing critical thinking in translator trainees: An exploratory study. 2025; 26(4), 133-160. Available from: doi:10.15749/jts.2025.26.4.005
Song Yonsuk. "Reflective journals for developing critical thinking in translator trainees: An exploratory study" The Journal of Translation Studies 26, no.4 (2025) : 133-160.doi: 10.15749/jts.2025.26.4.005
