İngilizce bölüm öğrencilerinin çeviride yaşadıkları problemler ile baş etme becerilerinin senaryolar yoluyla analizi

Abstract

Öğrenme, yaşam boyu süren bir eylemdir, ve sorunsuz değildir. Bu süreçte yaşanan problemler veya zorluklar ilerlemek için engel gibi görülebilse de, aslında daha çok farkındalık kazanmak ve çözüm araştırmak için yeni fırsatlardır, ve böylelikle öğrenmeyi daha bilinçli ve sağlıklı bir süreç haline getirir. Bu nedenle, bu çalışma öğrencilerin çeviri yaparken zorlandıkları noktalara ve bu zorluklara buldukları muhtemel çözümlere odaklanmaktadır. Öğrenciler, üniversite eğitimlerinde çeviri uygulamasına ikinci sınıfta başladıkları için, çalışmanın katılımcıları, Türkiye’deki bir çevirmen eğitimi programına kayıtlı ikinci sınıf öğrencilerinden oluşmaktadır. Veriler, açık uçlu sorular ve katılımcıların verdikleri cevaplardan geliştirilen senaryolar yoluyla toplanmıştır. Bu nedenle, çalışma nitel çalışma deseni kullanmış olup nitel veriler içerik analizine tabi tutulmuştur. Çalışma, öğrencilerin gözünden beş farklı problem alanı bulmuştur: uzun cümleler, eşdeğerlik, terminoloji, kültürel öğeler ve noktalama/dilbilgisi konuları. Bu problemlere çeşitli çözümler elde edilmiştir. Çalışmanın bulgularının, çevirmen eğitimi ve çeviri kalitesi geliştirme gibi farklı alanlara ışık tutması ümit edilmektedir.

Keywords

• Çeviri problemleri
• baş etme becerileri
• çevirmen eğitimi
• İngilizce bölüm öğrencileri

Analysing English-major students’ coping skills for translation problems through scenarios

Abstract

Learning is a lifetime act, and it is not free of problems. Although problems or difficulties experienced in this process could be perceived as barriers to move further, they can be in fact new opportunities to gain more awareness and explore solutions, and thus, to make learning a conscious and sound process. Therefore, this study focuses on the students’ difficulties in doing translation and their probable solutions to these problems. Since the students started translation practice in their second year at university, the participants of the study were composed of the second year students in translation training program in Turkey. Data were gathered by both open-ended questions and scenarios developed from the participants’ own responses. Hence, the study used qualitative research design, and the qualitative data were subjected to content analysis. The study revealed five different problems through the students’ eyes: long sentences, equivalence, terminology, cultural elements and punctuation/grammar issues. Various solutions were elicited for these problems. The findings of the study are expected to provide insight for different areas such as translation training and translation quality improvement.

Keywords

• Translation problems,
• coping-skills,
• translator training
• English-majors

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