A KOMPETENCIAFEJLESZTÉS KIHÍVÁSAI AZ IDEGENNYELV-OKTATÁS TERÉN: AZ ÁLTALÁNOS IDEGENNYELV-OKTATÁS ÉS A FORDÍTÓKÉPZÉS NÉHÁNY ASPEKTUSA
THE CHALLENGES OF COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT IN THE FIELD OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION: SOME ASPECTS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING AND TRANSLATOR TRAINING

Author(s): Enikő Biró, Krisztina Sárosi-Márdirosz
Subject(s): Foreign languages learning, Higher Education
Published by: Scientia Kiadó
Keywords: linguistic competence; translator training; foreign language teaching;
Summary/Abstract: This article aims to highlight the link between language teaching – language learning and translator training. Given that linguistic competence is considered to be one of the most important translator competences, it is essential that translators have a high level of proficiency in all their working languages. This means, of course, that not only their foreign language skills but also their mother tongue skills must be constantly improved. In addition to the development of language competences, the development of the five additional competences identified by Gambier in 2009 for professional translators should not be neglected in translator training. This article aims to show why a very high level of language proficiency, while essential, is not sufficient to be a successful freelance translator. It also discusses how the general rules of foreign language teaching and the methods used for the development of language skills should be transformed in this process in order that the other competences be developed in equal proportion. The practical issues presented in the article reflect on the practices adopted and implemented by Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania in its foreign language teaching and translator training processes.

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