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Tiêu đề
Plan-based translation assessment an alternative to the standard-based cut-the-feet-to-fit-the-shoes style of assessment
Tác giả
Zhong Y.
Năm xuất bản
2005
Source title
Meta (Canada)
Số trích dẫn
3
DOI
10.7202/019859ar
Liên kết
Tóm tắt
The practice of translation/interpreting is guided by a diversity of theories and so is the instruction of translation/interpreting, though arguably to a lesser extent. Yet, pedagogical assessment of translation, especially in relation to the assessment of translation works by students, mostly seem to fall into one kind, one which is overwhelmingly based on an imagined standard and concerned with accurate and adequate comformity to the standard. The author of this paper, while experimenting with game theory and problem-based learning in the teaching of translation and interpreting, has been rethinking the assessment process. As a result, he has developed what he sees as an alternative system of marking, one which he calls plan-based assessment and which aims to mark a student's work/performance against the specific plans formulated by the individual student in conjunction with the instructor rather than against the imagined singular homogeneous standard imposed by an authority. He believes that this system is more conducive than the conventional standard-based assessment to the teaching of translation/interpreting in liberal arts education as it facilitates the development of subjectivity, vision, different learning styles, creative/critical thinking power, and problem-identifying and -solving skills. In this paper, he will discuss the characteristics of plan-based assessment system in comparison to those presumably comprising the conventional system. Comparison will also be made to the sort of assessment advocated by functional theories of translation as they inspired and informed the construction of plan-based assessment. The paper will conclude with a case study of the use of plan-based assessment. © 2005, Presses de l'Universite de Montreal. All rights reserved.
Từ khóa
Functional theories; Game theory & game planning; Plan-based assessment; Skopos; Translation training
Tài liệu tham khảo
Lee-Jahnke H., New Cognitive Approaches in Process-Oriented Translation Training, Meta, 50, pp. 359-377, (2005); Munday J., Introducing Translation Studies: Theories and Applications, (2001); Guidelines for Obtaining Approval of a Course in Interpreting/Translation, (1991); Nord C., Translating as a Purposeful Activity: Functionalist Approaches Explained, (1997); Reiss K., Text Types, Translation Types and Translation Assessment, Readings in Translation Theory, pp. 105-115, (1989); Reiss K., Vermeer H.J., Grundlegung Einer Allgemeinen Translationstheorie, (1984); Vermeer H.J., Skopos and Commission in Translational Action, The Translation Studies Reader, pp. 221-232, (2000); Zhong Y., The Second Best Thing: Game Planning for a Mission Impossible or just for Enjoying the Process of the Work, Across Languages and Culture, 6, pp. 91-111, (2005); Zhong Y., Let's Talk Translation Economically: A Case Demonstration of Re-Articulating Translation through Economics Jargons, Across Languages and Culture, (2006)
Nơi xuất bản
Presses de l'Universite de Montreal
Hình thức xuất bản
Article
Open Access
All Open Access; Bronze Open Access
Nguồn
Scopus