[New Publication] Researching Translation Competence by PACTE Group

This volume is a compendium of PACTE Group’s experimental research in Translation Competence since 1997. The book is organised in four main parts and also includes eight appendices and a glossary. Part I presents the conceptual and methodological framework of PACTE’s Translation Competence research design. Part II focuses on the methodological aspects of the research design and its development: exploratory tests and pilot studies carried out; experiment design; characteristics of the sample population; procedures of data collection and analysis. Part III presents the results obtained in the experiment related to: the Acceptability of the translations produced in the experiment and the six dependent variables of study (Knowledge of Translation; Translation Project; Identification and Solution of Translation Problems; Decision-making; Efficacy of the Translation Process; Use of Instrumental Resources); this part also includes a corpus analysis of the translations. Part IV analyses the translators who were ranked highest in the experiment and goes on to present final conclusions as well as PACTE’s perspectives in the field of Translation Competence research.

Table of Contents

List of figures	xv – xvi
List of tables	xvii – xx
Preface	xxi – xxii
Acknowledgements	xxiii – xxiv
Introduction	xxv – xxix
Part I: Conceptual and methodological background
Chapter 1. Translation and Translation Competence Amparo Hurtado Albir	3 – 34
Chapter 2. PACTE Translation Competence model: A holistic, dynamic model of Translation Competence PACTE GROUP	35 – 42
Chapter 3. Methodological background Wilhelm Neunzig	43 – 60
Part II: Research design and data analysis
Chapter 4. Developing the research design PACTE GROUP	63 – 80
Chapter 5. Experiment design PACTE GROUP	81 – 96
Chapter 6. Characteristics of the sample Anna Kuznik	97 – 106
Chapter 7. Data collection and analysis PACTE GROUP	107 – 116
Part III: Results of the PACTE Translation Competence experiment
Chapter 8. Acceptability PACTE GROUP	119 – 130
Chapter 9. Knowledge of Translation PACTE GROUP	131 – 152
Chapter 10. Translation Project PACTE GROUP	153 – 164
Chapter 11. Dynamic Translation Index: Knowledge of Translation and Translation Project PACTE GROUP	165 – 170
Chapter 12. Identification and Solution of Translation Problems PACTE GROUP	171 – 190
Chapter 13. Decision-making PACTE GROUP	191 – 210
Chapter 14. Efficacy of the Translation Process PACTE GROUP	211 – 218
Chapter 15. Use of Instrumental Resources Anna Kuznik	219 – 242
Chapter 16. Analysis of the Translation Competence corpus from PACTE’s experiment* Patricia Rodríguez-Inés	243 – 266
Part IV: Defining features of translation competence
Chapter 17. The performance of the top-ranking translators PACTE GROUP	269 – 280
Chapter 18. Conclusions: Defining features of Translation Competence PACTE GROUP	281 – 302
Chapter 19. The second stage of PACTE Group’s research: Experimental research into the Acquisition of Translation Competence PACTE GROUP	303 – 308
Glossary	309 – 322
Appendices	323 – 388
References	389 – 400
Index