The language practitioner as agent : the implications of recent global trends in research for language practice in Africa

Marais, Kobus

dc.contributor.author	Marais, Kobus
dc.contributor.other	Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein
dc.date.accessioned	2015-09-22T11:16:13Z
dc.date.available	2015-09-22T11:16:13Z
dc.date.issued	2008
dc.date.issued	2008
dc.identifier.issn	16844998
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11462/512
dc.description	Published Article	en_US
dc.description.abstract	This article argues that, whether she recognises it or not, the translator is an agent, i.e. someone with an active hand in the intercultural communication process. This position endows the translator with the responsibility to make decisions in intercultural communication that can have far-reaching ideological effects. For this reason, translators should be educated to be able to take up this responsibility. In this regard, the author proposes the notion of wisdom as the aim of translator education. The article also argues in favour of indigenising and even subverting translations in theAfrican context.	en_US
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dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Journal for New Generation Sciences : Socio-constructive language practice : training in the South African context : Special Edition, Vol 6, Issue 3: Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Journal for New Generation Sciences;Vol 6, Issue 3
dc.subject	Translator education	en_US
dc.subject	wisdom	en_US
dc.subject	intercultural communication	en_US
dc.subject	agent	en_US
dc.subject	ideology	en_US
dc.subject	translation studies	en_US
dc.subject	decolonisation	en_US
dc.title	The language practitioner as agent : the implications of recent global trends in research for language practice in Africa	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
dc.rights.holder	Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein