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Essentially a personal account of how translation is taught and assessed in the English department at the University of Banja Luka, this paper has been written in a very down-to-earth tone aiming to explain a broader social and educational context which determines the way translation is perceived in and outside the classroom. Going beyond a critical overview of how the department‘s translation class is managed, the paper ends with practical suggestions as to how translation teaching and assessment could be improved despite a number of institutional limitations surrounding it.

Lost in translation in the middle of nowhere

University of Banja Luka Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Essentially a personal account of how translation is taught and assessed in the English department at the University of Banja Luka, this paper has been written...

Lost in translation in the middle of nowhere

Article Category: 2.Pratique, didactique et critique de la traduction

Published Online: May 29, 2015

Page range: 35 - 45

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/tran-2015-0002

Keywords
translation, educational and social context, teaching and assessment.

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Lost in translation in the middle of nowhere

Article Category: 2.Pratique, didactique et critique de la traduction

Published Online: May 29, 2015

Page range: 35 - 45

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/tran-2015-0002

Keywordstranslation, educational and social context, teaching and assessment.

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
translation, educational and social context, teaching and assessment.