TRANSLATION MISTAKES IN TRANSLATION TEACHING METHODS
The notion of mistake or error is often central in translation teaching methods, as can be seen in the way teachers assess students’ work: their role often consists entirely in correcting mistakes. Some specialists in didactics point out, learners may be anxious by the fear of committing mistakes. An error may be a valuable educational tool in translation training, a teacher will often be able to help students make progress only if he/she is aware of the type of errors students are prone to making so that they understand the source of their errors in order to avoid their recurrence. The article also reviews Russian and foreign concepts of errors, their status and assessment for teaching purposes.
Keywords: mistakes in translation, mistake status, translation evaluation, student translation, translation training
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Issue: 1, 2010
Series of issue: Issue 1
Rubric: Pedagogy
Pages: 49 — 52
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