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Towards a CPD Framework of Reference for the Translation Profession

  • Ehsan Taebi EMAIL logo and Mir Saeed Mousavi Razavi
Published/Copyright: October 28, 2020
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Abstract

Population ageing continues to perpetuate the widening of the generation gap in a world where the younger inexperienced yet “tech-savvier” novice trainee is trained by the elder professional albeit more conservative “expert” trainer. It is against this backdrop that Continuing Professional Development (CPD) finds more significance. We have argued that systematic CPD ought to be an integral component of any translator qualification programme. Based on this premise, we have defined qualification-oriented competence and CPD for translators and then proposed our preliminary five-stage CPD framework of reference for the translation profession which revolves around the core concepts of translation competence (TC), TC emergence, and reciprocal mentoring.


Note of Acknowledgement

We would like to herewith thank LICTRA 2017 for planting the idea for our work, Prof Schäffner for providing her valuable insights on our very first draft, and the reviewers and staff of the Lebende Sprachen for their meticulous comments and suggestions that contributed to a better final version. The responsibility for any shortcoming, however, shall be entirely ours.


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