Past IJET - IJET-24 in Hawaii
Sessions
Teaching a translation course at the college level: A process approach
It has been suggested that translation instruction be incorporated into comprehensive Japanese-language programs (Hasegawa, 2012). This talk reports on a Japanese-English translation course offered at the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM). The course aims at developing basic skills required for professional translation of Japanese to English. After being introduced to theoretical and practical aspects of translation, students enrolled in the course learn basic translation skills through various translation projects. Following an overview of the course, I will discuss the process approach incorporated into the course where students are asked to provide protocols about their translation process for each draft they prepare. It appears protocols help students identify problems they encounter as they translate and raise their awareness on the issues that they need to work on. Pedagogical implications for teaching translation will be discussed.
