Use of a Functional Approach to Translation in Enhancing Students’ Translation Process -the Case of a Vietnamese Foreign Language Program

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Use of a Functional Approach to Translation in Enhancing Students’ Translation Process -the Case of a Vietnamese Foreign Language Program

Original language description

In several contexts, including Vietnam, where professional translator training is lacking, translation courses in language teaching programs fall short of meeting the demand for proficient translators. Particularly, students’ analytical ability and translation process seem to be de-emphasized. Drawing on a functional approach to Translation, this pedagogical study investigates how this approach enhances English major students’ translation process. The effectiveness of the innovation was assessed by conducting a comparative analysis, which involved qualitative examination of 30 students’ written and spoken reflections on the translation tasks and their translation solutions, both before and following the workshops. The results of the study show that the functional approach to translation help enhances students’ translation process in terms of their more frequent mentions of non-linguistic translation problems, their broadened repertoire of translation strategies, and their reflections on the notions of “accuracy” and/or a “good” translation from a functional perspective. The workshops generally positively impacted their decision-making process, even given their limited linguistic and extralinguistic knowledge. The functional approach to Translation enhances students’ translation process and cultivates their awareness of the real-life practice, leading to improved skills and confidence in Translation. This pedagogical approach holds potential benefits for translation teaching in the context of an English program under s and similar programs in Vietnam and beyond. © 2023, Southeast Asian Association for Institutional Research. All rights reserved.

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)

Project

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Continuities

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Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Institutional Research South East Asia

ISSN

16756061

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Volume of the periodical

21

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

21

Pages from-to

113 - 133

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85172475675