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INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE TRANSLATION (Current translation competences…
INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE TRANSLATION
It is one of the corporate activities that generate the
largest amount of work in translation
T&I respondents
Asensio (2006) and Socorro Trujillo (2012)
In these corporate or business environments translation is more akin to composition or language production than to the performance of translation and interpreting.
They see interpreting as part and parcel of their work of international negotiations.
Carry our different activities in several languages such as
Reading :books:
Sight translation and translation
Localisation :pushpin:
Their intercultural, interpersonal,thematic or strategic competences tend to assume a more important role.
T&I graduates’ profiles are plainly flexible
Capable of gaining access to
a related field traditionally
Social sciences :silhouette:
Law :female-judge:
Capable of adapting to new work environments
They become familiarised with new computer tools :desktop_computer:
Performed under pressure and know
how to work towards project goals and as a team :silhouette: :person_with_blond_hair::skin-tone-2: :person_with_blond_hair:
Their well-developed capacity of oral and written communication seem to be behind the success :pencil2::speaking_head_in_silhouette:
Translation supply and demand- export companies
The internet and new technologies
They have led to substantial advances in T&I techniques and studies
Online presence where
Language transfer has a value-added dimension
Mobile app land website localisation :pushpin:
A multilingual social network presence :speaking_head_in_silhouette:
English is still the lingua franca of international commerce
According ANECA 2004: 31 the competences are:
Communication skills :speech_balloon:
A command of languages, communicating in an effective and strategic way
Cultural competence :world_map:
Knowing how to cope in different settings
Technological skills :computer:
A command of new technologies
According to a study carried out by Morón
Martín (2010)
International commerce was the most popular choice among
T&I graduates, with nearly 19% of the respondents (of a total of 85 graduates) :male-student:
Current translation competences
Linguistic competence
It should be reinforced as translators must communicate verbally and in writing, and produce diverse texts in different languages.
Thematic competence
Specific knowledge of international commerce
Intercultural competence
They have to feel comfortable
in this international environment heavily conditioned by culturally marked communication and behavioural patterns.
Textual competence
It has been the main target of those who work with texts pertaining to international commerce in T&I lectures
Psychophysiological competence
Makes them highly aware of the need for and positive effects of good communication management at their companies.
Profile of the commercial international translator
Not only focused on the linguistic
Communicative tasks
Administrative tasks
Juridical tasks
Legal tasks
Very versatile profile
Acts as a bridge between the importer and the exporter
Key piece when it comes to helping establish commercial relationships and mediate litigation
Functions can range from interpreting liaison in business meetings to attending international fairs and other events.
Labor positions
varied denomination as advisors, administrative, "bilingual" secretaries, companions of executives "interpreters", guides
Normally companies required not only linguistic competences, but as well business competences
Profession that acts as intercultural mediator
Documents can be translated from different types
Business documents
Economic documents
Commercial documents
Legal documents
Admnistrative documents
Language in use
following interview and pay attention to the structure
The workforce
Oral language
Processes of international
There are different styles in a language :green_cross:
to use each
style in the appropriate situation
The first step for the acquisition of a product is to get to know its features and its
price
which should be accompanied by a cover letter
to confirm the order to the seller
follow the rules of the the oral and informal language
use the written, formal style.
Trade can be either wholesale or retail
will be a short explanation to highlight some
of the characteristics of the language used
The written language
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