Grammar in Specialized Translation Classes

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Published: Jun 10, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47743/lincu-2020-1-0162
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grammar teaching grammar conceptualization noun phrases verb phrases specialized translation

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Daniela Doboș
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania

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The main focus of specialized translation classes is usually terminology, but in many cases that is not enough, particularly in situations where the students’ L2 level is below the required standard, so that much remedial grammar teaching is needed. This paper argues that in such situations, if not as a rule, both explicit and implicit grammar teaching should be a part of translation classes, before discussing the author’s long-term practice of conceptualizing grammar. The teaching of tense, aspect and complex noun phrases is then introduced with examples.

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Doboș, D. “Grammar in Specialized Translation Classes”. Linguaculture, vol. 11, no. 1, June 2020, pp. 75-86, doi:10.47743/lincu-2020-1-0162.
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Author Biography

Daniela Doboș, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania

DANIELA DOBOŞ is Associate Professor in the Department of English of the Faculty of Letters, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iaşi, Romania. Her research interests are English and Romanian grammar and linguistics, specialized translation and cultural studies. She has published extensively in various journals and in various collections of essays. Among her latest articles are “Vulgar Slang in English and Romanian. A Few Notes on Romanian Hip Hop Lyrics Translated into English” in Argotica No 1(3)/2014 and “The West Going East: Archaic Romania in Western Authors’ Travel Writings of the Late Twentieth Century” in Views of the East. Travel and Intercultural Communication in Europe, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” Publishing House, 2016. She is the author of two books on English linguistics.

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