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Instrumentalising Foreign Language Pedagogy in Translator and Interpreter Training: Methods, goals and perspectives
Edited by Olaf Immanuel Seel, Silvia Roiss and Petra Zimmermann-González
[Benjamins Translation Library 161] 2023
► pp. 97–111

Chapter 6
Combining subtitle creation and subtitle alignment in foreign language teaching

A means to foster translation competence and communication skills

| University of Valladolid , Spain
| University of Valladolid , Spain
| University of Valladolid , Spain
| University of Oviedo , Spain

Subtitling and alignment can be used as didactic tools as they contribute to the development of the linguistic, intercultural and instrumental competences that constitute the translation competence. Thus, the aim of this work is to present a methodological framework for translator training using subtitling and alignment as two activities applicable in language teaching to foster students’ skills in a foreign language and their translation competence. Firstly, students are asked to transcribe the source subtitles of various video files and, afterwards, translate them into their mother tongue. Secondly, they are given the broadcasted source and target subtitles of several TV programs and nature documentaries to align them – these alignments will be later compiled into an electronic parallel corpus.

Keywords: alignment, didactic tools, foreign language teaching, parallel corpus, subtitles
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Subtitle creation to develop communication skills
  • 3.Aligned parallel corpora: A didactic tool in FLL
  • 4.Guidelines for assessing the progress of the didactic unit
    • 4.1Objectives
    • 4.2Task description
    • 4.3Timing
    • 4.4Data compilation and analysis procedure
    • 4.5Expected results
  • 5.Conclusion
  • References
Published online: 1 June 2023
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https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.161.06fay
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