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Papers by Marcel Thelen
Lodz Studies in Language, 2016
Board of Directors), Acknowledgements (Marcel Thelen), Preface (Marcel Thelen and Barbara Lewando... more Board of Directors), Acknowledgements (Marcel Thelen), Preface (Marcel Thelen and Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk), Table of Contents (Marcel Thelen), List of Contributors (Marcel Thelen), Introduction (Marcel Thelen), Opening Lecture (Marcel Thelen). PART I: "Translation: meaning and the computer": "A pronominal basis for computer-assisted translation. The proton project" (Carmen Eggermont and Karel van der Eynde), "Zur Erstellung und Verwendung von Kontextglossaren beim Übersetzen mit dem Computer" (Roland Freihoff), "Some reflections on ambiguity and its consequences for MT" (Kurt Haverkort), "The term bank of the RHOTV-Maastricht" (Geer Hoppenbrouwers), "Subject knowledge in computerised dictionaries" (Agnes Kukulska-Hulme), "The INTELLIGENT DICTIONARY project" (Jean-Marie Maes), "A corpus-based measure of semantic proximity" (Victor Sadler), "Bedeutung und Bedeutungsverwendung im Lichte der maschinellen Übersetzung" (Annemarie Schmid), "Computer-assisted translator training" (Paul St-Pierre), "TRANSIT: TRANslation System Into Turkish" (Albert Stoop), "Terminography and synonymy" (Rita Temmerman). PART II: "Translation: meaning and the dictionary": "Die relative Äquivalenz juristischer Begriffe und deren Folge für mehsprachige juristische Wörterbücher" (Gerard-René de Groot), "Lexical collocations and translation" (Mohamed H. Heliel), "Dictionaries inside out" (Marcel Lemmens), "The role of dictionaries and context in the translation process. The Canadian connection" (Alan Manning). PART III: "Translation: meaning and the actual practice of translating": "Linguistics and the training of translators and interpreters" (Mona Baker), "Zero realisation in meaning-based translation" (Kathleen Callow), "Incidence de la pensée arabe sur la signification du texte arabe" (Mohammed Didaoui), "Esperanto vs cultural translatability" (Stanislaw Duczmal), "Der Übersetzer als texter oder: Was leistet die Skopostheorie für das Übersetzen populärwissenschaftlicher Texte (DN/ND)?" (Elke Emrich), "Some translation problems associated with the English gerund" (John Patrick Kirby), "The translation of biological texts-some typical problems" (Jan Klerkx), "Translating into the mother tongue vs translating into a non-primary language" (Eva Koberski and Sally Petrequin-Jessen), "Shifts of meaning in translation: do's or don't's?" (Kitty van Leuven-Zwart), "Overt and hidden negations in translation" (Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk), "Signifier et resignifier" (Hanne Martinet), "Some remarks on the practice of literary translation" (Peter van Nunen), "Translating from ethnic English into Canadian English" (Jaromira Rakusan), "Translation and meaning in subject classes and in lower vocational education of bilingual students" (Irène Steinert), "From interpretation to re-expression of meaning in the translation process" (Marcel Thelen), "Elemente und Grundzüge einer textsorienorientierten Theorie/Didaktik des Übersetzens juristischer Texte am Beispiel eines Mietvertrages" (Gerd Richard Weyers), "Les systèmes experts: un moyen d'enrichissement pour la discipline terminologique" (Paul Wijnands), "Translating into European English: evolution and acceptability" (Robert Wilkinson). Plenary Session (Marcel Thelen), Index (Marcel Thelen).
The translator's 'competence' has been a key topic of interest and debate... more The translator's 'competence' has been a key topic of interest and debate in translator education for many years now. A number of two-dimensional translator competence models have been published and referred to in numerous other publications; and far beyond the field of translation studies, 'competency-based teaching' seems to have become the key catchword of education in the new millenium. While acknowledging the potential value of these models for contributing to the understanding of the translator's skills and capabilities as static virtual entities, this article will propose adding a third dimension: time, which will be shown to be necessary for illustrating and better understanding the dynamic nature of competence development. Curriculum development work within the context of the European Graduate Placement Scheme provided a special opportunity for developing and applying a three-dimensionalmulti-vortex model on the basis of an emergentist pedagogical epistemology.
Translation and Meaning.- New Series, Vol. 1
Translation and Meaning.- New Series, Vol. 1
These days, under the influence of the Bologna Process, the development of the European Master... more These days, under the influence of the Bologna Process, the development of the European Master's in Translation (EMT) network and the OPTIMALE project, translator training is in the process of changing considerably from rather purely academic and theory-oriented to more practice-oriented with a strong focus on professionalisation and em-ployability. This paper will outline a curriculum whose footprint was set up almost two decades before the signing of the Sorbonne Declaration in 1998 and the Bologna Declaration in 1999, but which is still highly relevant today as an example of a practice-oriented translator training curriculum and which fits well in recent views on translator training.
In and Out of English, 2005
Advances in Linguistics and Communication Studies, 2019
This chapter first gives an overview of existing interpretations of the concept of quality in org... more This chapter first gives an overview of existing interpretations of the concept of quality in organizations in general, as well as in the translation industry and translator training. This is followed by a discussion of quality assessment and how this is generally dealt with in the translation industry and translator training. Various perspectives are possible, but the focus is on translation as service provision as outlined in the translation services standards EN 15038 and ISO 17100. It is argued that implementing quality assessment of translation as service provision in translator training requires the introduction into the curriculum of quality management and quality assurance by students; a so-called skills lab is an ideal environment for this. Various suggestions are then given for assessing quality management and quality assurance while taking into account the requirements of validity and reliability.
Collaboration is generally understood as a form of working together between people,1 specifically... more Collaboration is generally understood as a form of working together between people,1 specifically in order to produce something, the latter distinguishing it from cooperation. Collaboration may take place in many domains. In translation-related domains, it may occur as, for example, collaborative translation, collaborative learning, or collaborative evaluation. In this article, I will focus on collaborative translation. The concept of “collaboration in translation” in the form of collaborative translation is highly relevant for translator training and fits well in Kiraly’s (2000, 2004, 2016) socio-constructivist approach to translator training with its emergentist perspective on learning. The term is not clear-cut in Translation Studies and may refer to “collaboration” but also to “cooperation”. In this article, I will look into the various definitions of collaboration and collaborative translation given in Translation Studies as well as in general usage and education, and distil a ...
In this article wc will discuss a project on neologisms that we carried out at the Dutch State Sc... more In this article wc will discuss a project on neologisms that we carried out at the Dutch State School of Translation and Interpreting in Maastricht. The aim of the project is to test a method for analyzing semantic developments in neologisms and to see what dictionaries do with neologisms. The project consists of an analysis of 47 words and phrases in 13 different dictionaries. The total number of items of analysis (given and/or not given in thesc dictionaries) is 631. The words and phrases we analyzed are: asquish, action painter, action painting, aerobics, backup, biathlon, body-builder, con ventional wisdom, crack up, crash course, decompress, deselect, dramedy, ecology, encounter group, euphenics, Eurobond, exlralinguistic, fallout, feedback, fingerprint, floating voter, free university, geep, generate, genetic engineering, gofer, greenhouse ef fect, hangup, happening, hatchback, hawk, headhunt, headhunler, hothouse effect, the dp of the iceberg, immunodeficiency disease, in-c...
The volume contains a selection of articles on current theoretical issues in Translation Studies ... more The volume contains a selection of articles on current theoretical issues in Translation Studies and literary translation. The authors are experts in their fields from renowned universities in the world. The book will be an indispensable aid for trainers and researchers, but may be of interest to anyone interested or active in translation and interpreting. A companion volume in this series contains articles on audiovisual translation, translator training and domain-specific issues.
Lodz Studies in Language, 2016
Board of Directors), Acknowledgements (Marcel Thelen), Preface (Marcel Thelen and Barbara Lewando... more Board of Directors), Acknowledgements (Marcel Thelen), Preface (Marcel Thelen and Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk), Table of Contents (Marcel Thelen), List of Contributors (Marcel Thelen), Introduction (Marcel Thelen), Opening Lecture (Marcel Thelen). PART I: "Translation: meaning and the computer": "A pronominal basis for computer-assisted translation. The proton project" (Carmen Eggermont and Karel van der Eynde), "Zur Erstellung und Verwendung von Kontextglossaren beim Übersetzen mit dem Computer" (Roland Freihoff), "Some reflections on ambiguity and its consequences for MT" (Kurt Haverkort), "The term bank of the RHOTV-Maastricht" (Geer Hoppenbrouwers), "Subject knowledge in computerised dictionaries" (Agnes Kukulska-Hulme), "The INTELLIGENT DICTIONARY project" (Jean-Marie Maes), "A corpus-based measure of semantic proximity" (Victor Sadler), "Bedeutung und Bedeutungsverwendung im Lichte der maschinellen Übersetzung" (Annemarie Schmid), "Computer-assisted translator training" (Paul St-Pierre), "TRANSIT: TRANslation System Into Turkish" (Albert Stoop), "Terminography and synonymy" (Rita Temmerman). PART II: "Translation: meaning and the dictionary": "Die relative Äquivalenz juristischer Begriffe und deren Folge für mehsprachige juristische Wörterbücher" (Gerard-René de Groot), "Lexical collocations and translation" (Mohamed H. Heliel), "Dictionaries inside out" (Marcel Lemmens), "The role of dictionaries and context in the translation process. The Canadian connection" (Alan Manning). PART III: "Translation: meaning and the actual practice of translating": "Linguistics and the training of translators and interpreters" (Mona Baker), "Zero realisation in meaning-based translation" (Kathleen Callow), "Incidence de la pensée arabe sur la signification du texte arabe" (Mohammed Didaoui), "Esperanto vs cultural translatability" (Stanislaw Duczmal), "Der Übersetzer als texter oder: Was leistet die Skopostheorie für das Übersetzen populärwissenschaftlicher Texte (DN/ND)?" (Elke Emrich), "Some translation problems associated with the English gerund" (John Patrick Kirby), "The translation of biological texts-some typical problems" (Jan Klerkx), "Translating into the mother tongue vs translating into a non-primary language" (Eva Koberski and Sally Petrequin-Jessen), "Shifts of meaning in translation: do's or don't's?" (Kitty van Leuven-Zwart), "Overt and hidden negations in translation" (Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk), "Signifier et resignifier" (Hanne Martinet), "Some remarks on the practice of literary translation" (Peter van Nunen), "Translating from ethnic English into Canadian English" (Jaromira Rakusan), "Translation and meaning in subject classes and in lower vocational education of bilingual students" (Irène Steinert), "From interpretation to re-expression of meaning in the translation process" (Marcel Thelen), "Elemente und Grundzüge einer textsorienorientierten Theorie/Didaktik des Übersetzens juristischer Texte am Beispiel eines Mietvertrages" (Gerd Richard Weyers), "Les systèmes experts: un moyen d'enrichissement pour la discipline terminologique" (Paul Wijnands), "Translating into European English: evolution and acceptability" (Robert Wilkinson). Plenary Session (Marcel Thelen), Index (Marcel Thelen).
The translator's 'competence' has been a key topic of interest and debate... more The translator's 'competence' has been a key topic of interest and debate in translator education for many years now. A number of two-dimensional translator competence models have been published and referred to in numerous other publications; and far beyond the field of translation studies, 'competency-based teaching' seems to have become the key catchword of education in the new millenium. While acknowledging the potential value of these models for contributing to the understanding of the translator's skills and capabilities as static virtual entities, this article will propose adding a third dimension: time, which will be shown to be necessary for illustrating and better understanding the dynamic nature of competence development. Curriculum development work within the context of the European Graduate Placement Scheme provided a special opportunity for developing and applying a three-dimensionalmulti-vortex model on the basis of an emergentist pedagogical epistemology.
Translation and Meaning.- New Series, Vol. 1
Translation and Meaning.- New Series, Vol. 1
These days, under the influence of the Bologna Process, the development of the European Master... more These days, under the influence of the Bologna Process, the development of the European Master's in Translation (EMT) network and the OPTIMALE project, translator training is in the process of changing considerably from rather purely academic and theory-oriented to more practice-oriented with a strong focus on professionalisation and em-ployability. This paper will outline a curriculum whose footprint was set up almost two decades before the signing of the Sorbonne Declaration in 1998 and the Bologna Declaration in 1999, but which is still highly relevant today as an example of a practice-oriented translator training curriculum and which fits well in recent views on translator training.
In and Out of English, 2005
Advances in Linguistics and Communication Studies, 2019
This chapter first gives an overview of existing interpretations of the concept of quality in org... more This chapter first gives an overview of existing interpretations of the concept of quality in organizations in general, as well as in the translation industry and translator training. This is followed by a discussion of quality assessment and how this is generally dealt with in the translation industry and translator training. Various perspectives are possible, but the focus is on translation as service provision as outlined in the translation services standards EN 15038 and ISO 17100. It is argued that implementing quality assessment of translation as service provision in translator training requires the introduction into the curriculum of quality management and quality assurance by students; a so-called skills lab is an ideal environment for this. Various suggestions are then given for assessing quality management and quality assurance while taking into account the requirements of validity and reliability.
Collaboration is generally understood as a form of working together between people,1 specifically... more Collaboration is generally understood as a form of working together between people,1 specifically in order to produce something, the latter distinguishing it from cooperation. Collaboration may take place in many domains. In translation-related domains, it may occur as, for example, collaborative translation, collaborative learning, or collaborative evaluation. In this article, I will focus on collaborative translation. The concept of “collaboration in translation” in the form of collaborative translation is highly relevant for translator training and fits well in Kiraly’s (2000, 2004, 2016) socio-constructivist approach to translator training with its emergentist perspective on learning. The term is not clear-cut in Translation Studies and may refer to “collaboration” but also to “cooperation”. In this article, I will look into the various definitions of collaboration and collaborative translation given in Translation Studies as well as in general usage and education, and distil a ...
In this article wc will discuss a project on neologisms that we carried out at the Dutch State Sc... more In this article wc will discuss a project on neologisms that we carried out at the Dutch State School of Translation and Interpreting in Maastricht. The aim of the project is to test a method for analyzing semantic developments in neologisms and to see what dictionaries do with neologisms. The project consists of an analysis of 47 words and phrases in 13 different dictionaries. The total number of items of analysis (given and/or not given in thesc dictionaries) is 631. The words and phrases we analyzed are: asquish, action painter, action painting, aerobics, backup, biathlon, body-builder, con ventional wisdom, crack up, crash course, decompress, deselect, dramedy, ecology, encounter group, euphenics, Eurobond, exlralinguistic, fallout, feedback, fingerprint, floating voter, free university, geep, generate, genetic engineering, gofer, greenhouse ef fect, hangup, happening, hatchback, hawk, headhunt, headhunler, hothouse effect, the dp of the iceberg, immunodeficiency disease, in-c...
The volume contains a selection of articles on current theoretical issues in Translation Studies ... more The volume contains a selection of articles on current theoretical issues in Translation Studies and literary translation. The authors are experts in their fields from renowned universities in the world. The book will be an indispensable aid for trainers and researchers, but may be of interest to anyone interested or active in translation and interpreting. A companion volume in this series contains articles on audiovisual translation, translator training and domain-specific issues.
Translation and Meaning, Part 10, 2013
Proceedings of the 5th International Maastricht-Lodz Duo Colloquium on "Translation and Meaning",... more Proceedings of the 5th International Maastricht-Lodz Duo Colloquium on "Translation and Meaning", Lodz, Poland, 16-19 September 2010
Translation and Meaning, Part 8, 2008
Proceedings of the Lodz Session of the 4th International Maastricht-Lodz Duo Colloquium on "Trans... more Proceedings of the Lodz Session of the 4th International Maastricht-Lodz Duo Colloquium on "Translation and Meaning", Lodz, Poland, 23-25 September 2005
Translation and Meaning, Part 6, 2002
Proceedings of the Lodz Session of the 3rd International Maastricht-Lodz Duo Colloquium on "Trans... more Proceedings of the Lodz Session of the 3rd International Maastricht-Lodz Duo Colloquium on "Translation and Meaning" Lodz, Poland, 22-24 September 2000)
Willy Martin and Marcel Thelen In dit boek lichten 32 Bekende Nederlanders en Vlamingen, onder w... more Willy Martin and Marcel Thelen
In dit boek lichten 32 Bekende Nederlanders en Vlamingen, onder wie Kristien Hemmerechts, Ionica Smeets
Hans Dorrestijn en Jean Paul Van Bendegem op een onderhoudende wijze hun relatie met vaktaal toe.
Wat hebben golfers met juristen gemeen? En wetenschappers met zeilers? En waarom tref je muziekliefhebbers in de buurt van liefhebbers van paardendressuur aan? Dit boek geeft op deze en tal van andere vragen een antwoord.
Het maakt de alomtegenwoordigheid en noodzaak van terminologie, van vaktaal duidelijk. Vaak maken wij van vaktermen gebruik, zij het onbewust, omdat het nu eenmaal onbegonnen werk is over dingen te praten waarvoor je geen naam hebt. Daarom ook is het belangrijk dat wij op alle domeinen en in alle situaties de dingen een naam kunnen geven, niet alleen wiskundigen en zeilers, maar ook juristen, golfspelers, muziekliefhebbers, schakers, economen, vrouwen, mannen die van kokerellen houden, enz. enz.
Warm aanbevolen aan iedereen die vindt dat wij het Nederlands voor de toekomst behouden moet blijven als taal en als moeder voor allerlei vaktalen.
Amsterdam University Press, 2017
This study was carried out as a PhD dissertation for Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (The Netherland... more This study was carried out as a PhD dissertation for Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (The Netherlands). It zooms in on the model for lexical structuring put forward by Alinei (1980a), called TCM for "Two-Cycle Model of Grammar". The model incorporates a number of disciplines, including Structural Semantics and an early version of Generative Grammar. Although syntax-based, it also has a number of elements that point towards Cognitive Linguistics, or at least that can -with a number of adjustments to the original model -be brought in line with it. The focus of this study is on the first cycle of the model, i.e. the Lexical Cycle, its lexical structuring principles and resulting structure of the lexicon. Parts of the adjusted model emerging from this study have been applied to other disciplines such as Lexicography, Terminology and Translation.
