Professional Communication and Translation Studies, 2023
This paper is part of a wider research and targets the present demand for using technology in tea... more This paper is part of a wider research and targets the present demand for using technology in teaching English. The relevance of the study is justified not only by the pandemic and post-pandemic backgrounds regarding the use of technology in teaching EFL, but also by the needs and expectations of the new generation we teach. One of our main objectives is to come up with tangible digital solutions, which may complement existing teaching methods and facilitate the teaching and learning processes. Some of the advantages of using technology in EFL classes include, but are not limited to a better learning process, more interactive lessons, reduction of time spent by teachers preparing the lessons, improvement of the students' learning quality, decrease in dependence on the teacher, increase towards the positive attitude upon EFL and access to the information available on learning platforms.
Professional Communication and Translation Studies, 2023
The aim of this article is to present a series of analytical considerations concerning the use of... more The aim of this article is to present a series of analytical considerations concerning the use of mental translation in communicative teaching and learning English as a foreign language. The main part of the article focuses on the literature review concerning the impact of mental translation method on students' language acquisition level during their English learning practice. The existing research on this topic has shown that learners use mental translation as a strategy to compare and establish similarities and differences between their first language and the foreign language. Learners create a translational field where they store the results of the similarities and differences between their native language and the foreign language. These mental translation results become some procedural knowledge, stored in their long-term memory. While communicating in a foreign language, learners automatically reuse the information previously stored in their translational field. The last part of the article contains some directions of research in relation to the use of mental translation in communicative language learning and teaching.
O ISTORIE A TRADUCERILOR ÎN LIMBA ROMÂNĂ din secolul al XX-lea, 2022
Cercetarea traductologică românească are șanse reale de a intra în circuitul internațional datori... more Cercetarea traductologică românească are șanse reale de a intra în circuitul internațional datorită faptului că nu asistăm la o izolare profesională, lingvistică și culturală a traductologilor români, aceștia scriind preponderant în limbile engleză, franceză, germană și italiană și abordând tematici generale, cu evidențierea problematicii locale. În acest context, credem cu convingere în nevoia de a federa cercetările în domeniu şi de a stabili granițe care să asigure specificitatea traductologiei în pofida naturii sale inerent interdisciplinare, ca tendință centripetă, în echilibru cu tendința centrifugă de a împinge sistematic reflecțiile traductologice dincolo de propriile zone de interes. Ca o concluzie generală, deși contribuțiile traductologilor români sunt eterogene, există un grad de permeabilitate a diverselor modele teoretice și aplicative propuse și o productivitate participativă dincolo de nivelul individual.
Part of my working hypothesis in my current research (Dejica, 2008a) is that understanding the re... more Part of my working hypothesis in my current research (Dejica, 2008a) is that understanding the relations between information universe (IU) elements (2008b) in texts is essential for source text understanding in translation in that it can help the translator take reliable decisions when it comes to preserving or changing particular structures, discourse style, lexical choice, etc., so as to create target texts consistent with the source texts or suit the needs of the cllent or of the target audience. In my research I focus on four types of relations (Dejica, 2008b), i.e., syntactic (Dejca, 2006a), semantic (Dejica, 2006b), lexical and grammatical, and cognitive (Dejica, 2008c). This paper presents my approach to the analysis of lexical and grammatical relations in a text applicable to the translation of pragmatic texts and comes to complete my previous research in this direction.
This paper puts forward a methodology for source text analysis from an atomistic perspective. In ... more This paper puts forward a methodology for source text analysis from an atomistic perspective. In the first part, the major concepts and their application for the identification and analysis of individual information units is presented. In the second part, the analysis is exemplified on a text, and in the third part, it is shown how this approach can be integrated into a translation process. The advantages of using this methodology are presented in the concluding part.
The paper sets out to expose the conceptual structure of sentence meaning dealt with in linguisti... more The paper sets out to expose the conceptual structure of sentence meaning dealt with in linguistics under the heading ‘theme-rheme’, and to analyze through a series of pragmatic texts whether by reproducing source-text thematic structures leads to felicitous translations.
Scientific Bulletin of the Politehnica University of Timişoara Transactions on Modern Languages, 2021
The language industry, including translation services, grew significantly in the last decade in R... more The language industry, including translation services, grew significantly in the last decade in Romania, as well. To cope with increasing and competing market demands, both independent and in-house translators must produce quality translations and focus on volume, speed, and efficiency at the same time. An efficient translation process allows companies to achieve their objectives with the minimum amount of time, money, people, or other resources. For companies, this means maximizing the use of resources with reduced or optimum costs. To be successful, we recommend each translation business to consider developing, including, using, and continually adapting in their daily activities a translation flow, which may differ in complexity depending on the size of the translation project or company.
Scientific Bulletin of the Politehnica University of Timişoara. Transactions on Modern Languages, 2020
In the recent past, 30 or 40 years ago, the terms technical and scientific were used interchangea... more In the recent past, 30 or 40 years ago, the terms technical and scientific were used interchangeably when discussing about communication, texts, terms, vocabulary or writing. Due mainly to this reason, the lines separating technical and scientific translation became increasingly blurred and little or no distinction was made between the two terms; as such, technical and scientific translation was regarded as one type of LSP translation. Using genre knowledge, in this article we show that technical translation and scientific translation can and should be treated separately, as two distinct types of LSP translation, for both educational and research purposes. We present two genre-based models for setting-up the technical and scientific curricula, aimed at familiarising students with these interrelated , yet different types of LSP translation, and which can also be used as starting points for research in these two fields.
ESSACHESS - Journal for Communication Studies , 2020
The recent advances in science and technology and the ongoing processes of
internationalization a... more The recent advances in science and technology and the ongoing processes of internationalization and globalization in all spheres of professional activities have reshaped interlingual communication and intercultural mediation and adapted them to the requirements of modern communication scenarios. The boundaries between translation – in its widest sense, including communication and mediation – and other disciplines have become blurred; with the new millennium, we have witnessed the emergence and development of new forms, including media interpreting, free commentary, audiodescription, live subtitling, written interpretation, theatre or opera translation, all forms of localization, hyper-text and hyper-media translation, to name just a few (Gerzymisch-Arbogast, 2005). At the same time, interlingual and intercultural mediators switched from using pen and paper to using more sophisticated technological mediation tools for accessibility.
Scientific Bulletin of the Politehnica University of Timişoara Transactions on Modern Languages, 2019
Le livre de Mme. Najwa Hamaoui s’inscrit dans une démarche qui croise les sciences de l’informati... more Le livre de Mme. Najwa Hamaoui s’inscrit dans une démarche qui croise les sciences de l’information et de la communication avec d’autres champs et disciplines, une démarche résolument interdisciplinaire. Le but de la recherche est de mettre au point, dans le cadre d’un profil du médiateur interlinguistique, un ensemble de savoirs, savoir-faire et savoir-être adaptés aux besoins de la médiation technologique que le formateur pourrait s’efforcer de faire acquérir. Cet objectif est d’une part cohérent avec la politique européenne de multilinguisme et la déclaration de Bologne souhaitant une harmonisation des curricula européens, et un effort sérieux d’innovation, ainsi que l’accès de tous à l’information dans leurs langues respectives et aux décisions prises par l’UE, et d’autre part, un désir de réponse cohérente aux besoins croissants de la mondialisation en matière de communication interculturelle et interlinguistique.
În contextul pandemic global din ultimii doi ani, nevoia de comunicare și specialiști în arta și ... more În contextul pandemic global din ultimii doi ani, nevoia de comunicare și specialiști în arta și știința comunicării a fost mai evidentă ca niciodată. Dacă în iarna anului 2019, primele semne care prevesteau pandemia comunicate în mass-media nu se distingeau de alte știri, în decurs de doar câteva luni, acestea au ocupat întreg peisajul mediatic la scară mondială. Expresii, locuțiuni sau termeni specifici comunicării de criză, care înainte de pandemie făceau parte din vocabularul specializat folosit de studenți, profesori sau specialiști în media și comunicare la orele de curs, în studii de caz, sau pentru a comunica situații izolate, au ajuns în foarte scurt timp să fie folosiți la scară largă, intrând astfel în vocabularul de bază al tuturor limbilor.
Politehnica University Timisoara, 1989-2019: 100 scientific books in highlight, 2019
The edited volume Politehnica University Timișoara, 1989-2019: 100 Scientific Books in
Highlight ... more The edited volume Politehnica University Timișoara, 1989-2019: 100 Scientific Books in Highlight is part of an extensive editorial project and book series aimed at celebrating the 100th anniversary of our institution. It includes a part of the books published by the members of the Politehnica academic community at international publishing houses or in Romania, at Editura Academiei Române [The Publishing House of the Romanian Academy] and Editura Tehnică [Technical Publishing House] in the above-mentioned period.
Editura Politehnica, ISBN 978-606-35-0236-1 , 2018
Monografia 25 DE ANI DE COMUNICARE ȘI TRADUCTOLOGIE ÎN UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA TIMIȘOARA, 1993-... more Monografia 25 DE ANI DE COMUNICARE ȘI TRADUCTOLOGIE ÎN UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA TIMIȘOARA, 1993-2018, prezintă cele mai importante momente care au marcat evoluția specializărilor de comunicare și limbi moderne aplicate în Universitatea Politehnica Timișoara, de la înființarea primei specializări de Comunicare profesională în anul 1993, până în prezent, când, în cadrul Facultății de Științe ale Comunicării, funcționează trei programe de studii la ciclul de licență și două la ciclul de master, care însumează aproximativ 550 de studenți. Sunt prezentate pe larg istoricul și specificul specializărilor, resursa umană și rezultatele cercetării.
Transkulturalität im mehrsprachigen Dialog - Transcultural communication in multilingual dialogue, 2018
The European Capital of Culture initiative, as detailed on the Creative Europe platform, is desig... more The European Capital of Culture initiative, as detailed on the Creative Europe platform, is designed to highlight the richness and diversity of cultures in Europe, to celebrate the cultural features Europeans share, to increase European citizens’ sense of belonging to a common cultural area and to foster the contribution of culture to the development of cities. The aim of this research is twofold: to analyse from a cultural and translational perspective the websites of the tourist information centres in four Romanian cities short-listed for the title of European capital of culture, and to identify the way in which they are currently prepared to facilitate and promote transcultural communication in a multilingual environment. Based on the research findings, a series of recommendations are formulated, aimed at supporting the desiderata of the underlying concept of European Capital of Culture.
The present paper focuses on online tourism discourse and its Thematic progression. It analyses t... more The present paper focuses on online tourism discourse and its Thematic progression. It analyses the way institutional entities from two different countries - Romania and Great Britain - promote worldwide their national heritage sites online. Within the framework provided by Systemic Functional Linguistics, the study presents and compares the patterns of thematic development used to compose virtual brochures presenting different heritage sites.
PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION AND TRANSLATION STUDIES, 2016
The results of this study present the extent to which technical translations in Romanian follow t... more The results of this study present the extent to which technical translations in Romanian follow the recommendations regarding the properties and qualities of target texts. Cases of acceptability, faithfulness, informativity, grammaticalness, connectedness, clarity, and naturalness are analysed on a series of texts, and several recommendations are made, useful to curricula developers, translation scholars and translation students.
The Transactions on Modern Languages publishes original papers and reviews in all areas of theore... more The Transactions on Modern Languages publishes original papers and reviews in all areas of theoretical and applied linguistics. The journal, published as one volume per year, is included in the following databases: CEEOL, EBSCO, Europeana, Google Scholar, and WorldCat. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS For this issue, authors are invited to submit original contributions in all areas of theoretical and
... aplicabilitatea în practică, folosind prima abordare a teoriei Temă-Remă, am analizat ... act... more ... aplicabilitatea în practică, folosind prima abordare a teoriei Temă-Remă, am analizat ... actuale nu sunt relevante, acestea trebuind rescrise pentru a fi în concordanţă cu ... 5. Concluzie În lucrare am prezentat moduri de analiză şi eficientizare a structurii ...
Professional Communication and Translation Studies, 2023
This paper is part of a wider research and targets the present demand for using technology in tea... more This paper is part of a wider research and targets the present demand for using technology in teaching English. The relevance of the study is justified not only by the pandemic and post-pandemic backgrounds regarding the use of technology in teaching EFL, but also by the needs and expectations of the new generation we teach. One of our main objectives is to come up with tangible digital solutions, which may complement existing teaching methods and facilitate the teaching and learning processes. Some of the advantages of using technology in EFL classes include, but are not limited to a better learning process, more interactive lessons, reduction of time spent by teachers preparing the lessons, improvement of the students' learning quality, decrease in dependence on the teacher, increase towards the positive attitude upon EFL and access to the information available on learning platforms.
Professional Communication and Translation Studies, 2023
The aim of this article is to present a series of analytical considerations concerning the use of... more The aim of this article is to present a series of analytical considerations concerning the use of mental translation in communicative teaching and learning English as a foreign language. The main part of the article focuses on the literature review concerning the impact of mental translation method on students' language acquisition level during their English learning practice. The existing research on this topic has shown that learners use mental translation as a strategy to compare and establish similarities and differences between their first language and the foreign language. Learners create a translational field where they store the results of the similarities and differences between their native language and the foreign language. These mental translation results become some procedural knowledge, stored in their long-term memory. While communicating in a foreign language, learners automatically reuse the information previously stored in their translational field. The last part of the article contains some directions of research in relation to the use of mental translation in communicative language learning and teaching.
O ISTORIE A TRADUCERILOR ÎN LIMBA ROMÂNĂ din secolul al XX-lea, 2022
Cercetarea traductologică românească are șanse reale de a intra în circuitul internațional datori... more Cercetarea traductologică românească are șanse reale de a intra în circuitul internațional datorită faptului că nu asistăm la o izolare profesională, lingvistică și culturală a traductologilor români, aceștia scriind preponderant în limbile engleză, franceză, germană și italiană și abordând tematici generale, cu evidențierea problematicii locale. În acest context, credem cu convingere în nevoia de a federa cercetările în domeniu şi de a stabili granițe care să asigure specificitatea traductologiei în pofida naturii sale inerent interdisciplinare, ca tendință centripetă, în echilibru cu tendința centrifugă de a împinge sistematic reflecțiile traductologice dincolo de propriile zone de interes. Ca o concluzie generală, deși contribuțiile traductologilor români sunt eterogene, există un grad de permeabilitate a diverselor modele teoretice și aplicative propuse și o productivitate participativă dincolo de nivelul individual.
Part of my working hypothesis in my current research (Dejica, 2008a) is that understanding the re... more Part of my working hypothesis in my current research (Dejica, 2008a) is that understanding the relations between information universe (IU) elements (2008b) in texts is essential for source text understanding in translation in that it can help the translator take reliable decisions when it comes to preserving or changing particular structures, discourse style, lexical choice, etc., so as to create target texts consistent with the source texts or suit the needs of the cllent or of the target audience. In my research I focus on four types of relations (Dejica, 2008b), i.e., syntactic (Dejca, 2006a), semantic (Dejica, 2006b), lexical and grammatical, and cognitive (Dejica, 2008c). This paper presents my approach to the analysis of lexical and grammatical relations in a text applicable to the translation of pragmatic texts and comes to complete my previous research in this direction.
This paper puts forward a methodology for source text analysis from an atomistic perspective. In ... more This paper puts forward a methodology for source text analysis from an atomistic perspective. In the first part, the major concepts and their application for the identification and analysis of individual information units is presented. In the second part, the analysis is exemplified on a text, and in the third part, it is shown how this approach can be integrated into a translation process. The advantages of using this methodology are presented in the concluding part.
The paper sets out to expose the conceptual structure of sentence meaning dealt with in linguisti... more The paper sets out to expose the conceptual structure of sentence meaning dealt with in linguistics under the heading ‘theme-rheme’, and to analyze through a series of pragmatic texts whether by reproducing source-text thematic structures leads to felicitous translations.
Scientific Bulletin of the Politehnica University of Timişoara Transactions on Modern Languages, 2021
The language industry, including translation services, grew significantly in the last decade in R... more The language industry, including translation services, grew significantly in the last decade in Romania, as well. To cope with increasing and competing market demands, both independent and in-house translators must produce quality translations and focus on volume, speed, and efficiency at the same time. An efficient translation process allows companies to achieve their objectives with the minimum amount of time, money, people, or other resources. For companies, this means maximizing the use of resources with reduced or optimum costs. To be successful, we recommend each translation business to consider developing, including, using, and continually adapting in their daily activities a translation flow, which may differ in complexity depending on the size of the translation project or company.
Scientific Bulletin of the Politehnica University of Timişoara. Transactions on Modern Languages, 2020
In the recent past, 30 or 40 years ago, the terms technical and scientific were used interchangea... more In the recent past, 30 or 40 years ago, the terms technical and scientific were used interchangeably when discussing about communication, texts, terms, vocabulary or writing. Due mainly to this reason, the lines separating technical and scientific translation became increasingly blurred and little or no distinction was made between the two terms; as such, technical and scientific translation was regarded as one type of LSP translation. Using genre knowledge, in this article we show that technical translation and scientific translation can and should be treated separately, as two distinct types of LSP translation, for both educational and research purposes. We present two genre-based models for setting-up the technical and scientific curricula, aimed at familiarising students with these interrelated , yet different types of LSP translation, and which can also be used as starting points for research in these two fields.
ESSACHESS - Journal for Communication Studies , 2020
The recent advances in science and technology and the ongoing processes of
internationalization a... more The recent advances in science and technology and the ongoing processes of internationalization and globalization in all spheres of professional activities have reshaped interlingual communication and intercultural mediation and adapted them to the requirements of modern communication scenarios. The boundaries between translation – in its widest sense, including communication and mediation – and other disciplines have become blurred; with the new millennium, we have witnessed the emergence and development of new forms, including media interpreting, free commentary, audiodescription, live subtitling, written interpretation, theatre or opera translation, all forms of localization, hyper-text and hyper-media translation, to name just a few (Gerzymisch-Arbogast, 2005). At the same time, interlingual and intercultural mediators switched from using pen and paper to using more sophisticated technological mediation tools for accessibility.
Scientific Bulletin of the Politehnica University of Timişoara Transactions on Modern Languages, 2019
Le livre de Mme. Najwa Hamaoui s’inscrit dans une démarche qui croise les sciences de l’informati... more Le livre de Mme. Najwa Hamaoui s’inscrit dans une démarche qui croise les sciences de l’information et de la communication avec d’autres champs et disciplines, une démarche résolument interdisciplinaire. Le but de la recherche est de mettre au point, dans le cadre d’un profil du médiateur interlinguistique, un ensemble de savoirs, savoir-faire et savoir-être adaptés aux besoins de la médiation technologique que le formateur pourrait s’efforcer de faire acquérir. Cet objectif est d’une part cohérent avec la politique européenne de multilinguisme et la déclaration de Bologne souhaitant une harmonisation des curricula européens, et un effort sérieux d’innovation, ainsi que l’accès de tous à l’information dans leurs langues respectives et aux décisions prises par l’UE, et d’autre part, un désir de réponse cohérente aux besoins croissants de la mondialisation en matière de communication interculturelle et interlinguistique.
În contextul pandemic global din ultimii doi ani, nevoia de comunicare și specialiști în arta și ... more În contextul pandemic global din ultimii doi ani, nevoia de comunicare și specialiști în arta și știința comunicării a fost mai evidentă ca niciodată. Dacă în iarna anului 2019, primele semne care prevesteau pandemia comunicate în mass-media nu se distingeau de alte știri, în decurs de doar câteva luni, acestea au ocupat întreg peisajul mediatic la scară mondială. Expresii, locuțiuni sau termeni specifici comunicării de criză, care înainte de pandemie făceau parte din vocabularul specializat folosit de studenți, profesori sau specialiști în media și comunicare la orele de curs, în studii de caz, sau pentru a comunica situații izolate, au ajuns în foarte scurt timp să fie folosiți la scară largă, intrând astfel în vocabularul de bază al tuturor limbilor.
Politehnica University Timisoara, 1989-2019: 100 scientific books in highlight, 2019
The edited volume Politehnica University Timișoara, 1989-2019: 100 Scientific Books in
Highlight ... more The edited volume Politehnica University Timișoara, 1989-2019: 100 Scientific Books in Highlight is part of an extensive editorial project and book series aimed at celebrating the 100th anniversary of our institution. It includes a part of the books published by the members of the Politehnica academic community at international publishing houses or in Romania, at Editura Academiei Române [The Publishing House of the Romanian Academy] and Editura Tehnică [Technical Publishing House] in the above-mentioned period.
Editura Politehnica, ISBN 978-606-35-0236-1 , 2018
Monografia 25 DE ANI DE COMUNICARE ȘI TRADUCTOLOGIE ÎN UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA TIMIȘOARA, 1993-... more Monografia 25 DE ANI DE COMUNICARE ȘI TRADUCTOLOGIE ÎN UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA TIMIȘOARA, 1993-2018, prezintă cele mai importante momente care au marcat evoluția specializărilor de comunicare și limbi moderne aplicate în Universitatea Politehnica Timișoara, de la înființarea primei specializări de Comunicare profesională în anul 1993, până în prezent, când, în cadrul Facultății de Științe ale Comunicării, funcționează trei programe de studii la ciclul de licență și două la ciclul de master, care însumează aproximativ 550 de studenți. Sunt prezentate pe larg istoricul și specificul specializărilor, resursa umană și rezultatele cercetării.
Transkulturalität im mehrsprachigen Dialog - Transcultural communication in multilingual dialogue, 2018
The European Capital of Culture initiative, as detailed on the Creative Europe platform, is desig... more The European Capital of Culture initiative, as detailed on the Creative Europe platform, is designed to highlight the richness and diversity of cultures in Europe, to celebrate the cultural features Europeans share, to increase European citizens’ sense of belonging to a common cultural area and to foster the contribution of culture to the development of cities. The aim of this research is twofold: to analyse from a cultural and translational perspective the websites of the tourist information centres in four Romanian cities short-listed for the title of European capital of culture, and to identify the way in which they are currently prepared to facilitate and promote transcultural communication in a multilingual environment. Based on the research findings, a series of recommendations are formulated, aimed at supporting the desiderata of the underlying concept of European Capital of Culture.
The present paper focuses on online tourism discourse and its Thematic progression. It analyses t... more The present paper focuses on online tourism discourse and its Thematic progression. It analyses the way institutional entities from two different countries - Romania and Great Britain - promote worldwide their national heritage sites online. Within the framework provided by Systemic Functional Linguistics, the study presents and compares the patterns of thematic development used to compose virtual brochures presenting different heritage sites.
PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION AND TRANSLATION STUDIES, 2016
The results of this study present the extent to which technical translations in Romanian follow t... more The results of this study present the extent to which technical translations in Romanian follow the recommendations regarding the properties and qualities of target texts. Cases of acceptability, faithfulness, informativity, grammaticalness, connectedness, clarity, and naturalness are analysed on a series of texts, and several recommendations are made, useful to curricula developers, translation scholars and translation students.
The Transactions on Modern Languages publishes original papers and reviews in all areas of theore... more The Transactions on Modern Languages publishes original papers and reviews in all areas of theoretical and applied linguistics. The journal, published as one volume per year, is included in the following databases: CEEOL, EBSCO, Europeana, Google Scholar, and WorldCat. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS For this issue, authors are invited to submit original contributions in all areas of theoretical and
... aplicabilitatea în practică, folosind prima abordare a teoriei Temă-Remă, am analizat ... act... more ... aplicabilitatea în practică, folosind prima abordare a teoriei Temă-Remă, am analizat ... actuale nu sunt relevante, acestea trebuind rescrise pentru a fi în concordanţă cu ... 5. Concluzie În lucrare am prezentat moduri de analiză şi eficientizare a structurii ...
O ISTORIE A TRADUCERILOR ÎN LIMBA ROMÂNĂ din secolul al XX-lea. DOMENII LITERARE SI NONLITERARE. Volumul II, 2022
Cercetarea de față își propune să ofere o imagine a principalelor direcții de cercetare traductol... more Cercetarea de față își propune să ofere o imagine a principalelor direcții de cercetare traductologică doctorală din România din ultimele decenii și să ilustreze modul în care acestea reflectă conectarea la principalele direcții de cercetare traductologică pe plan mondial. În acest mod, pe lângă rezultatele prezentate, ne propunem să oferim tinerilor cercetători precum și școlilor doctorale și centrelor de cercetare din domeniu posibilitatea de a lua decizii informate cu privire la stabilirea și prioritizarea direcțiilor ce cercetare traductologică în vederea dezvoltării cu succes a acestui domeniu de studiu în țara noastră.
The status of training programs for E2R validators and facilitators in Europe, 2022
This final chapter presents the general results of a survey conducted within the European Erasmus... more This final chapter presents the general results of a survey conducted within the European Erasmus+ project TRAIN2VALIDATE “Professional training for easy-to-read facilitators and validators”, detailed in Chapter 1 of this book (García Muñoz 2022). Part of the Intellectual Output 1 (IO1) of the project, the survey aimed at understanding more about the status and needs of easy-to-read (E2R) validators and facilitators across Europe (Dejica, Șimon, Fărcașiu and Kilyeni 2021). The research team, methodology and workflow used to meet this aim are presented in Chapter 2 of this book (Dejica, Șimon, Fărcașiu and Kilyeni 2022a). The individual research results, representative for the countries and languages in which the survey was conducted, i.e., Germany (Bernabé Caro and Cavallo 2022), Italy (Bleve, Eugeni and Sciumbata 2022), Romania (Dejica, Șimon, Fărcașiu and Kilyeni 2022b), Slovenia (Knapp 2022), Spain (García Muñoz and Bernabé Caro 2022) and English (Cotoară 2022), presented and analysed in the subsequent chapters of the book. The overall presentation and analysis of the results in this chapter responds to the needs and objectives of the TRAIN2VALIDATE project (García Muñoz 2022) and aims at offering a sound basis for the development of skills and knowledge needed for the professionalization of E2R validators and facilitators.
The status of training programs for E2R validators and facilitators in Europe, 2022
This chapter presents the results of a survey conducted in Romania, within the European Erasmus+ ... more This chapter presents the results of a survey conducted in Romania, within the European Erasmus+ project TRAIN2VALIDATE “Professional training for easy-to-read facilitators and validators”, detailed in Chapter 1 of this book (García Muñoz 2022). Part of the Intellectual Output 1 (IO1) of the project, the survey aimed at understanding more about the status and needs of easy-to-read (E2R) validators and facilitators across Europe. The research team, methodology and workflow used to meet this aim are presented in Chapter 2 of this book (Dejica, Șimon, Fărcașiu and Kilyeni 2022a) and will not be detailed here. The educational background and training priorities of validators and facilitators in Romania completes the individual research results obtained by the other project partners, which are representative for the countries and languages in which the survey was conducted, i.e., Germany (Bernabé Caro and Cavallo 2022), Italy (Bleve, Eugeni and Sciumbata 2022), Slovenia (Knapp 2022), Spain (García Muñoz and Bernabé Caro 2022) and English (Cotoară 2022), and are altogether presented and analysed in a holistic manner in the final chapter of this book (Dejica, Șimon, Fărcașiu and Kilyeni 2022b) and in the TRAIN2VALIDATE Report (Dejica, Șimon, Fărcașiu and Kilyeni 2021).
The status of training programs for E2R validators and facilitators in Europe, 2022
The main aim of the Intellectual Output 1 (IO1) of the European Erasmus+ project TRAIN2VALIDATE “... more The main aim of the Intellectual Output 1 (IO1) of the European Erasmus+ project TRAIN2VALIDATE “Professional training for easy-to-read facilitators and validators” (García Muñoz 2022) was to understand more about the status and needs of easy-to-read (E2R) validators and facilitators across Europe. To meet this aim, we had to develop a working methodology for surveying validators and facilitators in Europe (Dejica et al. 2021). In this chapter, we present the research team, the methodology we created and the workflow we set up for this purpose.
Translation Studies and Information Technology - New Pathways for Researchers, Teachers and Professionals, 2020
This book chapter presents ten forms of media-supported audiovisual translation and details the r... more This book chapter presents ten forms of media-supported audiovisual translation and details the roles and responsibilities of the translators and interpreters involved in different multidimensional scenarios. It shows how these changed and proliferated in time – mainly because of the advances of science and technology and the ever-growing market demands – and presents how some of the implications of this evolution impact curricula developers, researchers and professionals.
The present study looks at tourist promotional messages from a textual perspective. It presents a... more The present study looks at tourist promotional messages from a textual perspective. It presents a small-scale comparison of commercial tourist websites belonging to two different countries: Great Britain and Romania. These websites promote numerous landmarks belonging to their country and at the same time, offer users the possibility to buy a tour to/ticket for the landmark(s) promoted. The focus of the study is on the webpages used to promote these countries and their heritage sites internationally via the Internet, in particular, on their texts. The aim of the study is twofold: 1) to analyse the texts by identifying their Themes and Thematic structure and 2) to compare the results by looking at the similarities and differences that appear between the ways in which the commercial tourist texts are organized in light of their Themes and Thematic structure. The frameworks considered for the analyses are Systemic Functional Linguistics and Thematic patterns.
Given the success of the previous conferences, the 11th edition of the conference aims to continu... more Given the success of the previous conferences, the 11th edition of the conference aims to continue the exchange of ideas on the impact of new technologies on communication, to highlight the evolution of humanities and social sciences in conjunction with technological innovation, and to identify (new) trends in the language industry in the post web 2.0 era. http://sc.upt.ro/ro/pcts11
Necesitatea unei istorii a traducerilor în limba română a devenit tot mai evidentă odată cu recun... more Necesitatea unei istorii a traducerilor în limba română a devenit tot mai evidentă odată cu recunoașterea treptată a rolului traducerii în cultura națională. Dacă literatura, artele plastice, arhitectura și numeroase științe au avut deja una sau de mai multe istorii, traducerea a trebuit să aștepte la noi, dar și în alte culturi (franceză, spaniolă, germană, engleză, italiană, braziliană etc.), secolul al XXI-lea pentru a-și vedea elaborată sau în curs de elaborare o istorie proprie. Proiectul O istorie a traducerilor în limba română – secolele XVI–XX (ITLR) încearcă să suplinească această absență din cultura română. Obiectivul său constă în studierea traducerii ca parte integrantă a patrimoniului național, în relevarea dimensiunii sale dialogice de conectare la patrimoniul universal.
O istorie a traducerilor în limba română se vrea o istorie folositoare și interesantă, deopotrivă pentru publicul specializat, căruia îi oferă un instrument de lucru, și pentru publicul larg, curios să afle mai mult despre traduceri și despre traducători, despre dorința lor de a sluji, în egală măsură, textul străin și publicul cititor, având pentru aceasta la îndemână vastul potențial de mlădiere a limbii române.
Daniel Dejica, Oscar García Muñoz, Simona Șimon, Marcela Fărcașiu, Anamaria Kilyeni (eds.), 2022
Train2Validate is the short name of the European project “Professional training for easy-to-read ... more Train2Validate is the short name of the European project “Professional training for easy-to-read facilitators and validators”. As an Erasmus+ strategic partnership, the project promotes the cooperation among organisations and the development, transfer and/or implementation of innovative practices at organisational, local, regional, national or European levels. Coordinated by Plena Inclusión Madrid, the project reunites three non-profit organizations (Plena Inclusión Madrid, Spain; Fundatia Professional, Romania; Zavod RISA, Slovenia), three universities (Politehnica University, Timișoara, Romania; Internationale Hochschule SDI München, Germany; Scuola Superiore per Mediatori Linguistici, Italy) and a company specialised in training certification (ECQA GMBH, Austria). Published originally as a report (Dejica, Șimon, Fărcașiu and Kilyeni 2021) the current book, edited by Daniel Dejica, Oscar García Muñoz, Simona Șimon, Marcela Fărcașiu and Anamaria Kilyeni, gathers the contributions of all project members and presents in depth the steps taken in IO1 to understand the status of E2R validators and facilitators in Europe and identify their training needs. The book follows a linear and coherent structure, which aims at introducing the readers to the Train2Validate project, explaining the research methodology, illustrating the results obtained by each project partner in Germany, Italy, Romania, Slovenia and Spain, and last but not least, offering a holistic presentation and interpretation of the results, relevant at European level.
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units is presented. In the second part, the analysis is exemplified on a text, and in the third part, it is shown how this approach can be integrated into a translation process. The advantages of using this methodology are presented in the concluding part.
internationalization and globalization in all spheres of professional activities have
reshaped interlingual communication and intercultural mediation and adapted
them to the requirements of modern communication scenarios. The boundaries
between translation – in its widest sense, including communication and mediation
– and other disciplines have become blurred; with the new millennium, we have
witnessed the emergence and development of new forms, including media
interpreting, free commentary, audiodescription, live subtitling, written
interpretation, theatre or opera translation, all forms of localization, hyper-text
and hyper-media translation, to name just a few (Gerzymisch-Arbogast, 2005). At
the same time, interlingual and intercultural mediators switched from using pen
and paper to using more sophisticated technological mediation tools for
accessibility.
fost mai evidentă ca niciodată. Dacă în iarna anului 2019, primele semne care prevesteau pandemia comunicate în mass-media nu se distingeau de alte știri, în decurs de doar câteva luni, acestea au ocupat întreg peisajul mediatic la scară mondială. Expresii, locuțiuni sau termeni specifici comunicării de criză, care înainte de pandemie făceau parte din vocabularul specializat folosit de studenți, profesori sau specialiști în media și comunicare
la orele de curs, în studii de caz, sau pentru a comunica situații izolate, au ajuns în foarte scurt timp să fie folosiți la scară largă, intrând astfel în vocabularul de bază al tuturor limbilor.
Highlight is part of an extensive editorial project and book series aimed at celebrating the 100th anniversary of our institution. It includes a part of the books published by the members of the Politehnica academic community at international publishing houses or in Romania, at Editura Academiei Române [The Publishing House of the Romanian Academy] and Editura Tehnică [Technical Publishing House] in the above-mentioned period.
units is presented. In the second part, the analysis is exemplified on a text, and in the third part, it is shown how this approach can be integrated into a translation process. The advantages of using this methodology are presented in the concluding part.
internationalization and globalization in all spheres of professional activities have
reshaped interlingual communication and intercultural mediation and adapted
them to the requirements of modern communication scenarios. The boundaries
between translation – in its widest sense, including communication and mediation
– and other disciplines have become blurred; with the new millennium, we have
witnessed the emergence and development of new forms, including media
interpreting, free commentary, audiodescription, live subtitling, written
interpretation, theatre or opera translation, all forms of localization, hyper-text
and hyper-media translation, to name just a few (Gerzymisch-Arbogast, 2005). At
the same time, interlingual and intercultural mediators switched from using pen
and paper to using more sophisticated technological mediation tools for
accessibility.
fost mai evidentă ca niciodată. Dacă în iarna anului 2019, primele semne care prevesteau pandemia comunicate în mass-media nu se distingeau de alte știri, în decurs de doar câteva luni, acestea au ocupat întreg peisajul mediatic la scară mondială. Expresii, locuțiuni sau termeni specifici comunicării de criză, care înainte de pandemie făceau parte din vocabularul specializat folosit de studenți, profesori sau specialiști în media și comunicare
la orele de curs, în studii de caz, sau pentru a comunica situații izolate, au ajuns în foarte scurt timp să fie folosiți la scară largă, intrând astfel în vocabularul de bază al tuturor limbilor.
Highlight is part of an extensive editorial project and book series aimed at celebrating the 100th anniversary of our institution. It includes a part of the books published by the members of the Politehnica academic community at international publishing houses or in Romania, at Editura Academiei Române [The Publishing House of the Romanian Academy] and Editura Tehnică [Technical Publishing House] in the above-mentioned period.
the webpages used to promote these countries and their heritage sites internationally via the Internet, in particular, on their texts.
The aim of the study is twofold: 1) to analyse the texts by identifying their Themes and Thematic structure and 2) to compare the results by looking at the similarities and differences that appear between the ways in which the commercial tourist texts are organized in light of their Themes and Thematic structure. The frameworks considered for the analyses are Systemic Functional Linguistics and Thematic patterns.
O istorie a traducerilor în limba română se vrea o istorie folositoare și interesantă, deopotrivă pentru publicul specializat, căruia îi oferă un instrument de lucru, și pentru publicul larg, curios să afle mai mult despre traduceri și despre traducători, despre dorința lor de a sluji, în egală măsură, textul străin și publicul cititor, având pentru aceasta la îndemână vastul potențial de mlădiere a limbii române.