Didactics of Translation: Text in Context

Table : 9

Interpretation:
The overwhelming majority of the students consider register as a very interesting area which translation students should learn about.

2. 
   Translation and text types
   

Very interesting
Not interesting
Very useful Not useful

SAR (15)
Nbr % Nbr % Nbr % Nbr % 13 86% 0 0% 14 93% 1 6%

SAI (15) 15 100% 0 0% 13 86% 2 6%

Table: 10

Interpretation:

The area of text types is considered by students as being far more interesting than register, judging by the figures in the table above. Most students, in fact, have found the concept text type quite appealing and helpful in translating

3. 
   

   Very interesting	Percentage	Not	Percentage
   11	73 %	2	13%
   14	93%	1	7%

   
   
   
   Translation and genre
   

Students attending regularly (15)

Students attending irregularly (15)

Table: 11

Interpretation:
interesting

Almost all the students regard genre as very interesting and consequently not to be neglected when translating.

4. 
   Translation and discourse:
   

Very Not Very useful Not useful interesting interesting

SAR (15)
SAI (15)
Nbr % Nbr % Nbr % Nbr %

14*	93%	0	0%	15	100%	0	0%
11*	73%	2	13%	12*	80%	2	13%

* some students did not provide an answer

Table: 12

Interpretation:
Almost all the students found the lessons on discourse very interesting and enjoyable. The idea that language cannot be divorced from the attitude of its speakers struck many of the students as something that was extraordinary; the expressions on their faces in class seemed to be saying: “we have always intuitively known that; but, we just didn’t know how to verbalize it”. This sudden realization of the relationship between language

and discourse, as a mode of speaking and writing reflecting a certain attitude, then came to be seen by students as a crucial way of approaching the translation task. The results above do corroborate the students’ positive feelings towards the discourse dimension in translating.