De big bangs a buracos negros no universo da tradução no Brasil : um estudo sobre o papel da terminologia na pratica tradutoria e na formação de tradutores

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2001

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This research work aims at exploring the role of terminology in translating and translator training in Brazil. As we shall argue, terminology plays an important role in the production and reception of translated works, either as a specialised jargon or as the act of identifying, compiling and retrieving termsfeaturing specialised domains. However, that role has not been fully acknowledged in our universe of translation, where translation-oriented terminology tools bearing Brazilian Portuguese are hard to find Similarly, terminology has seldom figured among the disciplines offered as part of a would-be translator study programme, nor has its relationship with translation deserved a careful theoretical investigation. As an attempt to fill out this gap, this study looks at the way terminology has been approached within two galaxies of our translation universe, the galaxy of practising and the galaxy of training. It starts by analysing the Brazilian rendering of Stephen Hawking s A brief history of Time ? from the Big Bang to black holes, and its polemic reception. Afurther investigation is carried out by means of a questionnaire application aiming at outlining the present profile of a group of 36 in-house and freelance translators with respect to their dealing with terminology, both as a product, or specialised jargon, and as a process, or activity inherent to their practice. Secondly, an attempt is made to outline the current profile of 126 would-be translators and 17 lecturers with respect to their dealing with terminology in the scope of professional training. As a supplement to this profile, the syllabus of eight Brazilian translator training programmes are analysed and later compared to nine similar ones offered in Great Britain and Ireland In our analysis we have found black holes of terminology as a specialised jargon in the translating process of Hawking s work, which have lead to its complete rejection ampng the scientific community. By outlining the translator s profile, we have found black holes of terminology in terms of a lack of a coherent methodology as well as appropriate tools for terminology management. Results have also shown similar black holes in our current translator training scenario as my analysis suggests that our programmes fail to provide students with an appropriate training towards fulfilling the present demands of a translator s professional reality in sofar as terminology issues are concerned " In our attempt to shedding some light into the black holes previous/y detected, we have looked at the brief theoretical history of translation and terminology andfound out afew singularities shared by both disciplines. We have also found out that some contemporary theories, mainly the ones inspired by post-structuralist ideaIs, could help usfinding alternatives to reduce the effects of those black holes. We then focused our attention on the galaxy of professional training, and devised a set of guidelines to syllabus design that we expect may contribute to the birth of a new translation universe in which the role of terminology can be fully acknowledged

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tradutores tradução e interpretação terminologia

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