Article,
Trial and Error or Experimentation or Both!
The Translation Journal, (2001)
Abstract
This year, three seminars for the training of translator trainers were announced by Université de Rennes 2, France, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain, and Monterey Institute, USA. Program announcements, as suggested by Harris and DeSimone, '... should indicate the purpose of the program, when and where it will be held, and how the trainee can qualify to participate in the program' ( Harris and DeSimone: 1994, 156). It can be seen from the course announcements that these courses, particularly the first two, lack some prerequisites of a sound translator-trainer development program. This deficiency is evident in several phases, from the admission requirements to the contents covered and the duration of the training sessions. Some of the components of these three seminars do not seem to adequately meet the objective of developing efficient translator trainers. Following is a discussion of some concerns in this connection.
