The professional translator and information literacy: Perceptions and needs

نویسندگان

  • Dora Sales
  • Maria Pinto
چکیده

This paper is part of a broader research project, the main goal of which is to provide translators with solid instruction in Information Literacy (IL). For this, it is important to know the views of the community of professional translators. The results of the ongoing research which we analyze in this paper provide this view, by means of a qualitative case study (using a semi-structured questionnaire for data gathering). These results highlight the strengths and weaknesses indicated by professional translators regarding the information competences they need.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • JOLIS

دوره 43  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2011