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Abstract
It appears that current mainstream translator education is dominated by what Kiraly (2000) calls a “transmissionist approach’. This approach is of limited benefit when the novices must apply what they have learnt to real situations that they will encounter as professionals. Thus, it can be said that we are at the point where we need to seek a new approach in which we can help novices to develop their own competence.
Problem-Based Learning (PBL) is aimed at promoting novices’ autonomy and self-reflective actions which are required in a professional practice when they face problems and challenging situations. While PBL is now commonly employed in such areas, there has as yet been no significant movement to introduce this approach in the area of translator education.
This paper consists of three major components. First of all, the problems of educator-centred teaching in translation will be discussed. This will be followed by an outline of the benefits of PBL for translator education, from both theoretical and practical perspectives. The feasibility of PBL as an effective model for translator education will be then considered based on empirical case studies.
Keywords/Mots-Clés:
- translator education,
- problem-based learning,
- pedagogical approach,
- competence
Résumé
Actuellement, la formation traditionnelle des traducteurs est dominée par ce que Kiraly (2000) appelle une « approche transmissioniste ». Celle-ci est d’un intérêt limité lorsque les novices doivent appliquer ce qu’ils ont appris aux situations réelles rencontrées dans leur vie professionnelle. Il est donc désormais nécessaire de chercher une nouvelle approche qui nous permette d’aider les novices à développer leurs compétences propres.
L’apprentissage par problèmes (APP) vise à promouvoir chez les novices l’autonomie et l’autoréflexion requises dans la pratique professionnelle face à des problèmes et à des situations difficiles. Si l’APP est de nos jours employé couramment dans ce cadre, aucune tentative notable n’a encore été faite pour introduire cette approche dans le domaine de la formation des traducteurs.
Cet article comporte trois volets principaux. Tout d’abord, nous discuterons des problèmes posés par un enseignement de la traduction centré sur l’enseignant. Puis nous présenterons les avantages de l’APP pour la formation des traducteurs, dans une perspective tant théorique que pratique. Enfin, nous examinerons la faisabilité de l’APP en tant que modèle efficace pour la formation des traducteurs, à partir d’études de cas empiriques.
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