<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The article presents a study on the role of journalistic translation (press translation) in translation teaching using a questionnaire in November-December 2016 on a sample of 52 translation teachers. The aim of the survey was to find out the role of journalistic translation in translation teaching in Hungary and three neighbouring countries: Croatia, Romania and Slovakia. The importance of the survey lies in the fact that no research has been published so far on this topic in Hungary, and only minor research has been done on the topic of journalistic translation itself (primarily limited to the field of text linguistics).</p><p>Despite these facts, the study has revealed the importance of journalistic translation in the teaching of translation: more than 85% of the teachers surveyed use press texts in teaching due to different motivations, and nearly 50% of respondents use them during the entire period of translation education. The inclusion of journalistic translation in the teaching of translation is also confirmed and justified by the fact that more than 80% of those surveyed consider the subject to be relevant for the students’ future work as a translator due to the wide range of application areas of journalistic translation.</p></abstract>

The article presents a study on the role of journalistic translation (press translation) in translation teaching using a questionnaire in November-December 2016 on a sample of 52 translation teachers. The aim of the survey was to find out the role of journalistic translation in translation teaching in Hungary and three neighbouring countries: Croatia, Romania and Slovakia. The importance of the survey lies in the fact that no research has been published so far on this topic in Hungary, and only minor research has been done on the topic of journalistic translation itself (primarily limited to the field of text linguistics).Despite these facts, the study has revealed the importance of journalistic translation in the teaching of translation: more than 85% of the teachers surveyed use press texts in teaching due to different motivations, and nearly 50% of respondents use them during the entire period of translation education. The inclusion of journalistic translation in the teaching of translation is also confirmed and justified by the fact that more than 80% of those surveyed consider the subject to be relevant for the students’ future work as a translator due to the wide range of application areas of journalistic translation.

Die Rolle der journalistischen Translation in der Übersetzerausbildung in Ungarn und einigen Nachbarländern

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Philologica

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The article presents a study on the role of journalistic translation (press translation) in translation teaching using a questionnaire in November-December...

Die Rolle der journalistischen Translation in der Übersetzerausbildung in Ungarn und einigen Nachbarländern

Published Online: Jan 31, 2018

Page range: 117 - 134

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ausp-2017-0033

Keywords
journalistic translation, press translation, translation teaching

© 2017 Viktor Zachar, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Die Rolle der journalistischen Translation in der Übersetzerausbildung in Ungarn und einigen Nachbarländern

Published Online: Jan 31, 2018

Page range: 117 - 134

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ausp-2017-0033

Keywordsjournalistic translation, press translation, translation teaching

© 2017 Viktor Zachar, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
journalistic translation, press translation, translation teaching