Didactics of Translation: Text in Context

Presentation of Kiraly’s model:

The model of translation processes suggested by Kiraly to serve as a frame of reference for translation teaching consists of the following components:

1. Information sources:

   1. 
      Long term memory (mental networks) containing knowledge of:
      

x the physical world
x SL and TL cultures
x social schemata
x discourse frames
x translation-related schemata:

• 
  translation norms
  
• 
  learned strategies
  
• 
  quality assessment criteria
  
• 
  potential sources of error when translating
  
• 
  sets of assumptions about CS3
  

x lexico-semantic knowledge
x morpho-syntactic frames
x SL / TL signs

2. 
   Source text input:
   

x morphemes
x words

x sentences

x sentence groups
x global textual profile

3. 
   External sources:
   

1. An intuitive workspace:

The area where uncontrolled and subconscious processes take place.

3.