Differences in Translation Approaches between Translation Students and Language Teaching Students
Description:... Academic Paper from the year 2011 in the subject Speech Science / Linguistics, grade: 99.5, King Abdulaziz University, course: MA, language: English, abstract: This paper investigates the differences in translation approach between translation students and language teaching students. In particular, it discusses differences in the way each group approaches translation and the effect of those approaches on the translation or the final product. Two groups of students attending King Saud University in Saudi Arabia, one the faculty of Languages and Translation and the other the Faculty of Education, participated in the study, which applied qualitative and quantitative methods to answer the research questions. The findings concluded that there are differences in the way each group approaches translation. However, the observed approaches and patterns are not distinctive; they are shared by both groups in varying intensity. Attributing those differences in approaches to educational background requires further investigation.
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