Towards a Text-World Approach to Translation and Its Pedagogical Implications

Lu Tian, Hui Wang

Source Title: International Journal of Translation, Interpretation, and Applied Linguistics (IJTIAL)1(2)

ISSN: 2575-6974|EISSN: 2575-6982|EISBN13: 9781522568933|DOI: 10.4018/IJTIAL.2019070102

MLA

Tian, Lu, and Hui Wang. "Towards a Text-World Approach to Translation and Its Pedagogical Implications." IJTIAL vol.1, no.2 2019: pp.1-13. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJTIAL.2019070102

APA

Tian, L. & Wang, H. (2019). Towards a Text-World Approach to Translation and Its Pedagogical Implications. International Journal of Translation, Interpretation, and Applied Linguistics (IJTIAL), 1(2), 1-13. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJTIAL.2019070102

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Tian, Lu, and Hui Wang. "Towards a Text-World Approach to Translation and Its Pedagogical Implications," International Journal of Translation, Interpretation, and Applied Linguistics (IJTIAL) 1, no.2: 1-13. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJTIAL.2019070102

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Abstract

Although it is widely acknowledged that translation is a cognitive process, there is scarcely any study establishing connections between the text and mental representations and giving a systematic and comprehensive explanation for this pivotal yet magical mechanism. Illuminated by Text World Theory, this study proposes a text-world approach to translation studies and addresses its implications for translator training. Translation is regarded as a cognitive communicative process of reproducing texts as worlds. The (in)coherence among text worlds as they are represented in translation provides a legitimate criterion for the evaluation of translation competence. To view translation as a cognitive-linguistic process of text-world construction and presentation may promise a more proactive approach to translator training by encouraging translator trainees to pay special attention to the expansion of their knowledge structures.