Translator and translation research: general descriptions of concepts

Darian  Jancowicz-Pitel

doi:10.51708/apptrans.v13n1.206

Authors

Darian Jancowicz-Pitel
jancowicz-pitel@bbk.ac.uk
Birkbeck, University of London, London, United Kingdom

Keywords:

free translators, multiple languages, procedures, tools, translation errors

Abstract

The presented paper aimed for exploring the translation process, a translator or interpreter needs equipment or tools so that the objectives of a translation can be achieved. If an interpreter needs a pencil, paper, headphones, and a mic, then an interpreter needs even more tools. The tools required include conventional and modern tools. Meanwhile, the approach needed in research on translation is qualitative and quantitative, depending on the research objectives. If you want to find a correlation between a translator's translation experience with the quality or type of translation errors, a quantitative method is needed. Also, this method is very appropriate to be used in research in the scope of teaching translation, for example from the student's point of view, their level of intelligence regarding the quality or translation errors. While the next method is used if the research contains translation errors, procedures, etc., it is more appropriate to use qualitative methods. Seeing this fact, these part-time translators can switch to the third type of translator, namely free translators. This is because there is an awareness that they can live by translation. These translators set up their translation efforts that involve multiple languages.

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