Project-Based Learning and Competence Assessment in Translation Training

Abstract

This proverb condenses the philosophical underpinnings for the Declaration of Bologna and the transformation of the methodological scenario in higher education. The process of harmonisation and convergence of educational curricula in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) has involved undertaking far-reaching transformations in university systems at all levels. This also entails new implications and challenges for teachers and students: changes in learning objectives and teaching methodologies, the use of ICTs and new ways of gaining access to knowledge and communication, changes in evaluation systems and organisation of resources, etc.

Appendix: Project Documents

1.1 Pre-translation Analysis – A Model

1.1.1 1. Declarative Knowledge

(a) Contextual information

Original text	ST	TT
Author (identity, field of expertise, functions, status)
Type of publication:
Date:
Length (word count)
Translation commission	ST	TT
Commissioner/client
Client’s brief

(b) Textual information

Genre (of text)	ST	TT
Communicative aim (informing, persuading, explaining, making the receivers (not) do something)
Readership
Co-text & context
Macro-structural traits (of specific genre)
Register (of text)	ST	TT
Field (= theme)
Tenor:
1. Text type (descriptive, narrative, expository, argumentative, instrumental)
2. Linguistic & textual analysis
Phonological & Graphological level
Morphology & Syntax
Vocabulary
Discourse & Pragmatics
3. Linguistic varieties
4. Degree of formality
5. Style
6. Ideology
Mode:

1.1.2 2. Procedural Knowledge

Translation method	ST	TT
(Global) translation method (communicative, literal, free, philological)
Ethical position
Documentation	ST	TT
Resources and basic tools
Parallel/comparable texts
Auxiliary texts
Terminology	ST	TT
Glossaries
Key terminological items
Established terms, neologisms

1.2 Project Manager Report – A model

Project description
Client’s brief (specifications)
Author of the ST
Title of the ST
Publication
Readership
Word count
Estimated delivery time

Schedule
Task	Date of assignment	Role	Due date

Problems/difficulties of team members
When	Role	Problem	Action taken	Results

Quality Assessment
Supervision of the documentation specialist’s work
Relevance of comparable texts
Relevance of auxiliary texts
Usefulness/adequacy of paper resources
Usefulness/adequacy of electronic resources
Contribution to team/group theme-related archive
Supervision of the terminologist’s work
Glossary of the ST: Preparation and relevance/usefulness
Glossary of other texts: Preparation and relevance/usefulness
Collaboration in identifying needs in the pre-translation analysis
Collaboration with the documentation specialist
Creation/enrichment of the team/group’s terminological bank
Supervision of the translator’s work
Preparation of the draft translation
IPDR (identification of problems, suggested translation, alternatives, justification of the decisions made, etc.)
Collaboration with the documentation specialist and the terminologist
Collaboration with editor/reviser and project manager in the final version
Preparation of a list of resources
Supervision of the editor/reviser’s work
Check the documentation and glossaries to work on the final version
Study the requirements of the translation commission
Complete the IRER
Project formatting (front cover, page numbers, headings and subheadings, layout, etc.), according to the project’s specifications
List of resources:

Integrated Problem and Decision Reporting (IPDR) – A model (Adapted from Hurtado (1999; ed.) and Gile (2009))

Text:
Problem 1:
Type of problem:
Proposed translation:
Other alternatives:
Justification:
Problem 2:
Type of problem:
Proposed translation:
Other alternatives:
Justification:
Problem 3:
Type of problem:
Proposed translation:
Other alternatives:
Justification:
(Copy if extra needs grids are needed)
Resources:

Integrated Report for Editing and Revising (IRER) – A model

Text:
Correction 1:
Type of error:
Translator’s option:
Suggested correction:
Justification:
Correction 2:
Type of error:
Translator’s option:
Suggested correction:
Justification:
Correction 3:
Type of error:
Translator’s option:
Suggested correction:
Justification:
(Copy if extra needs grids are needed)
Resources: