Translating into English as a Non-Native Language: a translator trainer's perspective. (2nd October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tang, Jun
• Is Part Of: Translator. Volume 23:Number 4(2017)
• Page Start: 388
• Page End: 403
• Publication Date: 2017-10-02
• Subjects: L1-ENNL translation -- norms -- training objectives -- quality levels -- NNS trainers; Translating and interpreting -- Periodicals; Intercultural communication -- Periodicals; Traduction -- Périodiques; Communication interculturelle -- Périodiques; Intercultural communication; Translating and interpreting; Periodicals; 418.02
• DOI: 10.1080/13556509.2017.1385941
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1757-0409

Abstract

ABSTRACT: In response to the global dominance of English, there has been increased interest amongst translation scholars in the feasibility and implications of translation into English as a Non-Native Language (ENNL) (an umbrella term designed to encompass both English as a Second Language [ESL] and English as a Foreign Language [EFL]). Situating L1-ENNL translation and its training in the Chinese context, this article explores underrepresented issues such as norms being followed in L1-ENNL translations intended for different purposes, reasonable objectives for graduate-level L1-ENNL translation training, a possible way to distinguish between different quality levels of L1-ENNL renditions, and challenges for non-native speaker (NNS) trainers and their classroom teaching in ENNL contexts.