The Translator's Competence as a possible model for GTT -1

What is competence?

• The ability to successfully meet complex demands in a particular context

• The ability to speak and act appropriately in context

• The ability to do something successfully or efficiently

• The ability to know the rules of a language

What are the components of competence?

• Cognitive, functional, personal, and ethical

• Linguistic, textual, subject, cultural, and transfer

• Knowledge of languages, cultures, domain-specific knowledge, and transfer competence

• Technical, conceptual, and interpersonal

Why is studying the translator's competence important?

• To measure and assess the acquisition of translation competence

• To improve translator education

• To meet the expectations in the translation sector

• All of the above

What major types of knowledge are required for translation?

• Knowledge of languages, cultures, domain-specific knowledge, and transfer competence

• Linguistic, textual, subject, cultural, and transfer competence

• Knowledge of the rules of their language

• Knowledge of the principles that guide translation and the profession

Which term is commonly used to refer to the translator's competence?

• Transfer competence

• Translational competence

• The translator's competence

• Translation skill

What is the difference between translation competence and bilingual competence?

• Translation competence includes advanced linguistic competence

• Bilingual competence is a sub-competence of translation competence

• Translation competence is only about language skills

• Bilingual competence is more important than translation competence

What is a fuller description of the translator's competence?

• Cultural and linguistic competence, cooperation, communication competence, translator's action, and text competence

• Linguistic, textual, subject, cultural, and transfer competence

• Knowledge of languages, cultures, domain-specific knowledge, and transfer competence

• Technical, conceptual, and interpersonal

What is the underlying system of knowledge needed to translate?

• Translation competence

• Bilingual competence

• Transfer competence

• Cultural and linguistic competence

What is the most important sub-competence in translation?

• Instrumental sub-competence

• Strategic sub-competence

• Psycho-physiological components

• Extra-linguistic sub-competence

What does translation competence contribute to?

• Translation didactics

• Translation service standards

• Professionalization of translation

• All of the above