The Authenticity of the Activities and Materials in MA Translation Workshop at Iranian University

Document Type : research article

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1 Young Researchers and Elite Club, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran

2 English Department, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran

Abstract

Nowadays, translation education has some goals beyond translation of source text. To this end, translation teachers should design the syllabus with specific aims and the activities and the lesson plans should be sequenced accordingly. Since MA translation practical courses are the opportunity to training researcher translators, the present study deals with MA translation workshop activities and materials and their influence on translators competence based on real-world translation. To do so, MA translation students who have passed the course were selected as the sample of the study. In order to gather the required data, first a pilot open questionnaire designed on the bases of the research questions. Then, the analysis of the collected data was classified and a 5- Likert-scale structured questionnaire containing 44 items based on four domains was developed. The findings of the study revealed that the participants of the study did not get enough satisfaction from the contents and activities in workshop context and a gap was also found between translation education in the course and real-world translation.

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Journal of Foreign Language Research
Volume 4, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
January 2012
Pages 47-62

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