Metindışı bilginin çeviri edincine katkısı

Abstract

This paper is on the importance of extratextual knowledge in the professionalization of trainees. Translation is not a mere procedure of transfer from one language to another, but a cognitive process to be performed by combining original and translated text with cultural, encyclopedic or world knowledge. This raises the question what kind of method can be followed to turn textual research skills into reflex in translator training. Amateur translators who have not been able to acquire knowledge from their previous translation experiences produce time-consuming and non-functional translations by constantly encountering the same type of difficulties and errors. However, the translators have to do specific field translation even if they were not specialists, or experts. In this case, trying to find an answer to the question about how trainees acquire specific field knowledge from the perspective of translator training may help to improve the translation competence of them. Accordingly, this paper aims to develop awareness of extratextual knowledge in the course of translation by giving small sections especially from verse translation, which would refute their presumption that “there is no need for extra-textual research in verse translation”, thereby by gaining them awareness how they can acquire extra-textual knowledge even from verse translation. For this purpose, this paper is mainly divided into two sections: the first section sets up correlation between translation competence and extra-textual knowledge from the perspective of translation theory; the second chapter gives examples to guide the trainers how they can teach the ways of acquiring knowledge in the course of translation. As a result, this paper on translator training first discusses the impact of research and acquisition of extra-textual knowledge on the functionality of translation acquisition in the course of translation; Then, gives different examples from literary translation within framework of research techniques class to prove in what way discerning and tracking the tips on source text may help them enhance their storage of knowledge for prospective translation tasks and contribute to their professionalism.