Banca de DEFESA: Luciano Ribeiro Barbosa

Uma banca de DEFESA de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : Luciano Ribeiro Barbosa
DATE: 25/09/2023
TIME: 10:00
LOCAL: Online
TITLE:

Development of the thematic capacity and terminological knowledge in translator’s training

KEY WORDS:

Translation Studies; Translation Competence; Thematic Capacity; Terminological Knowledge; Teaching Unit.

PAGES: 99
BIG AREA: Lingüística, Letras e Artes
AREA: Letras
SUMMARY:

This master's dissertation aims to analyze the development of translation competence, more specifically the thematic ability/terminological knowledge of translation learners in the Bachelor of Letters in English Translation at the University of Brasilia. Therefore, our proposal is to evaluate the text of the students of English-Portuguese Translation Practice: Technical and Scientific Texts, and the application of a questionnaire and a translation activity and use the mentioned text of the students to compose collecting data for analysis. The research aims to guide students to make proper use of terminology tools, thinking about their relevance, expectations and challenges in understanding and translating texts, using strategies to solve problems and support tools. The work is also concerned to demonstrate how the translation activity, mediated by the professor, can be favorable to the development of criticism and new translation practices, realizing that the use of terminological tools are important resources that help the translator to carry out his tasks with ease, more efficiency, agility, and confidence, using the target language clearly and precisely. The research makes it possible to identify the difficulties faced by the students in matters related to the textual production of specialized knowledge and makes it possible to analyze the positive and negative points, regarding the methodology used in the classroom in the textual production and allows changing methods to solve negative points and the production of other actions to improve the conduct of discipline. The dissertation used the quali-quantitative method to analyze the texts of a group of students of bachelor of Translation English course at the University of Brasilia. The students were invited to take part in the research by carrying out a translation activity and answering a questionnaire with questions on the following subjects: 1) How do you evaluate the choice of the text presented in terms of the subject and the textual genre of the report 2) How do you evaluate its methodology, 3) What were the challenges and difficulties during the translation of the presented text 4) What were the expectations when identifying and learning new translation strategies, 5) What strategies were used to prepare the target text. The proposal was to present the work to the students and explain the translation activity, presenting some free support platforms to assist in the activity. Students were instructed to translate the first five pages of the text Valuing Water, made available by UNESCO. The activity was evaluated and was mandatory. The chosen activity made it possible to assess the translation capacity of each student, realizing the adaptation skills needed to perform the task. Research participants were guaranteed anonymity in their responses. This dissertation consists in introduction, which presents the theme, objectives, and justification of this investigation. In chapter 1, we describe how teaching and learning process works. In chapter 2, we discuss the concepts of technical and scientific translation, the role of the technical and scientific translator, the translator and the use of technological resources, and the relationship between translation and terminology. In Chapter 3, we present the methodology for applying the Didactic Unit and in Chapter 4, we analyze the collected data and discuss the research results. Finally, we present the final considerations and bibliographical references.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Externa à Instituição - MARILEIDE DIAS ESQUEDA - UFU
Interna - 2336228 - ELISA DUARTE TEIXEIRA
Presidente - 1580899 - FLAVIA CRISTINA CRUZ LAMBERTI
Externa ao Programa - 1591655 - PATRICIA RODRIGUES COSTA - null