Ihlara Eğitim Araştırmaları Dergisi

Öz

Translation, which has been carried out as an activity
through the human history, is a common communication medium in the relations
between the societies and cultures. Yet, “teachability” of this activity,
history of which dates back to centuries ago, and its emergence as a research
subject is far more recent.  By reason of this character,
translation activity has been regarded as an area of expertise since the second
half of the last century, and started to be researched with scientific
interest.  In this sense, it has been
observed in recent years that translator training has been included
ever-increasingly within many universities and scientific researches in this field have
become prevalent.  These discussions
concentrate upon improving translator candidates in terms of translation skill
and competence which are the basic objectives of translator training.
“Translation competence” which translator
candidates should acquire is the most significant subject that must be
emphasized in terms of translator training. In this sense, translation
competence also includes the acquisition of foreign language and native
language awareness, theoretical knowledge, cultural competence and methodology
for the candidates. Translator training should be organized in a way to acquire
all of these skills.  These skills, which
should be acquired in an interrelated and coordinated way, seem to be
indispensable in terms of achieving the ultimate goal in translator training.
Acquisition of translation competence for the translator candidates depends
before anything else on developing these skills in question. The aim of this
descriptive study concerning the skills required to be acquired by translator
candidates in translator training is to give a general review about these basic
skills. This overview involves a general description of translator training,
curriculum design and the qualifications which translators should have after
the training. In this study, each topic was dealt with under different
headings. The study highlights the consensus on the subject matter observed in
the literature reviewed.