Comprehending Political Terms from English into Persian Through Using Receptive Skills Instruction

Training interpreters to render political texts effectively, particularly in terms of using appropriate equivalents in political discourse, can be demanding. Training translators at the academic level can be very challenging, as trainers must be proficient in both English and Persian languages and cultures. Politics is both a linguistic and cultural issue, and Iranian students should be aware of both; however, translational studies often fail to do so effectively. This research focused on using receptive skills (i.e., listening and reading) in training university students to render political texts. In doing so, ۳۰ students, majoring in Translation, were selected in two intact classes in their eight semesters. They were assigned to two experimental groups (i.e., the oral and written modes of translation). Treatment sessions were in oral and written translation tasks. The participants translated ۱۰ lectures from Barack Obama and Mrs. Moghreini in ۱۰ sessions. They used Weber's criteria for a good interpreter. The criteria for translation evaluation included not only linguistic-based factors, but also extra-linguistic factors in the processing of interpreting the meaning. Finally, they took a translation test on two lectures other than the ones that had been translated in the classes. Results revealed that the written tasks more significantly affected the quality of translation than the oral ones. Implications suggest that written courses in training translators should be held first. In addition, if they need to translate the tasks orally, the teachers may work on oral interpretation in the second phase.

کلیدواژه ها:

translation ، Political Texts ، receptive skills instruction ، Linguistics