Avaliando a re-expressão e criatividade de alunos de tradução: Uma abordagem positiva

Georges L. Bastin; Marileide Dias Esqueda; Walter Freitas

doi:10.14393/LL63-v35n2-2019-15

Authors

Georges L. Bastin Département de Linguistique et de Traduction, Université de Montréal https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1447-2466
Marileide Dias Esqueda Universidade Federal de Uberlândia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6941-7926
Walter Freitas Universidade Federal de Uberlândia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6296-5746

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14393/LL63-v35n2-2019-15

Keywords:

Translation teaching, Evaluation of translations, Positive approach, Acceptability model

Abstract

Although translation may be considered a two- (or three) phase communication process, consisting of comprehension – (conceptualization) – re-expression, most theoretical and pedagogical studies have been devoted to comprehension and conceptualization. There is, however, an increasing need to establish a theoretical basis for the third phase since, contrary to Boileau’s dictum (that well conceived ideas can be easily expressed), even when comprehension is complete, words do not come easily. If re-expression is to be better taught, evaluation of re-expression must be better thought. This paper focuses on the evaluation of re-expression in translation. Based on an in-depth study of various English texts translated into French by some 38 first-year translation students, it first calls attention to the difference between expression and re-expression and between creativity and literality, viewing the former as a ‘deviation’ from the latter. Second, it argues in favour of positive evaluation, given that negative evaluation has a relatively limited impact on the learning process, and further study of it would not be very productive. Positive evaluation involves analysis of successful solutions rather than of errors. The paper goes on to analyze which aspects of re-expression need to be evaluated and how this should be accomplished.

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Author Biographies

Georges L. Bastin, Département de Linguistique et de Traduction, Université de Montréal

Translator specialized in translation history, born in Belgium and admitted to the Department of Linguistics and Translation at the Université de Montréal in 1998, Georges Bastin has been director of the scientific journal Meta since 2014. He is also the leader of the Historical Research Group Histal - Translation History in America Latin.

Marileide Dias Esqueda, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia

Marileide Dias Esqueda is an associate professor at the Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU). She holds a master's degree and a PhD in Translation Studies from the State University of Campinas (Unicamp). She is a professional translator and author of several articles published in peer-reviewed journals in Brazil and worldwide. She also holds a post doctorate from Université de Montreal, in Montreal, Canada (2018-2019).

Walter Freitas, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia

MA candidate in the Graduate Program in Linguistics (PPGEL/UFU).

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