THE CONCEPT OF TRANSLATOR’S MULTICOMPETENCE
The article considers different approaches to translator’s communicative competence, analyses its connection with translator’s professional competence and defines its specific characteristics. The author analyses V. Cook’s concept of multicompetence, examines its main principles and arguments and defines its unique features. The author also looks at L. Bachman’s model of communicative language ability, outlines its structure and content and determines its strong points with reference to translator’s communicative competence. On the basis of the principles of these two concepts the author proposes a model of translator’s multicompetence. The model reflects the specific character of professionally oriented translator’s knowledge of language and culture, as well as different skills, mechanisms and personal characteristics required for its functioning.
Keywords: translation, communicative competence, translation competence, multilingualism
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Issue: 8, 2015
Series of issue: Issue 8
Rubric: METHODICAL TRAINING OF SPECIALISTS
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