<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Axiomatically, translation is twofold: an activity/process (more accurately designated by the term translating) and a product (the term translation can be restricted to the product). It seems that the product dimension has gained increased importance, being the most visible part of translation as market-driven, design-oriented, precise and measurable - complying with specifications. Translation engenders a sequence: identification of text type and of end users’ needs (experts or non-experts in the field), evaluation of the complexity of the source text via global reading, followed by a close reading of its parts, the translating of the document, the translator’s checking of final version, editing and proofreading. The translator’s choices are accountable in point of cost-effectiveness (efficiency) and effectiveness. Therefore, the legal translator should master the methodological toolkit, conceptual frame and related terminology, and adopt an inward-looking perspective (intuition, subjectivity, ingrained habits, insights deriving from his/her expertise and experience) alongside an outward-looking one (working against objective criteria, standards of quality, benchmarks, etc). </p></abstract>

Axiomatically, translation is twofold: an activity/process (more accurately designated by the term translating) and a product (the term translation can be restricted to the product). It seems that the product dimension has gained increased importance, being the most visible part of translation as market-driven, design-oriented, precise and measurable - complying with specifications. Translation engenders a sequence: identification of text type and of end users’ needs (experts or non-experts in the field), evaluation of the complexity of the source text via global reading, followed by a close reading of its parts, the translating of the document, the translator’s checking of final version, editing and proofreading. The translator’s choices are accountable in point of cost-effectiveness (efficiency) and effectiveness. Therefore, the legal translator should master the methodological toolkit, conceptual frame and related terminology, and adopt an inward-looking perspective (intuition, subjectivity, ingrained habits, insights deriving from his/her expertise and experience) alongside an outward-looking one (working against objective criteria, standards of quality, benchmarks, etc).

Developing Evaluation Skills with Legal Translation Trainees

University of Craiova, Department of British, American and German Studies, Craiova

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Philologica

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Axiomatically, translation is twofold: an activity/process (more accurately designated by the term translating) and a product (the term translation can be...

Developing Evaluation Skills with Legal Translation Trainees

Published Online: Dec 30, 2015

Page range: 5 - 13

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ausp-2015-0050

Keywords
legal translation, evaluation skills, cost-effectiveness

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Developing Evaluation Skills with Legal Translation Trainees

Published Online: Dec 30, 2015

Page range: 5 - 13

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ausp-2015-0050

Keywordslegal translation, evaluation skills, cost-effectiveness

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
legal translation, evaluation skills, cost-effectiveness