Translation assessors in and out of their element

  1. Conde Ruano, José Tomás 1
  1. 1 University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
Revista:
Diacrítica

ISSN: 0870-8967,  2183-9174

Año de publicación: 2023

Título del ejemplar: Transtextual and cultural Circumnavigations - Around literary translation and transversal approaches

Volumen: 37

Número: 3

Páginas: 224-238

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.21814/DIACRITICA.4900 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Otras publicaciones en: Diacrítica

Resumen

La evaluación de traducciones es una actividad presente en multitud de escenarios, cuya variabilidad la explica en parte la diversidad de sujetos que se enfrentan a ella. Los Estudios de Traducción se han ocupado de perfilar y comparar el comportamiento y el resultado de la evaluación llevada a cabo por distintos tipos de evaluadores. Este trabajo revisa dichas aportaciones pero yendo un paso más allá, al distinguir entre los escenarios en los que los evaluadores ejercen su labor habitual y otras situaciones menos paradigmáticas. El resultado es, por una parte, un compendio de las características que definen el perfil evaluador prototípico; por otra, una llamada de atención para investigadores, profesionales, estudiantes y docentes sobre las condiciones especiales que hacen de su evaluación algo diferente en según qué contextos. Se tratan por ejemplo fórmulas complejas caracterizadas por la colaboración de diversos tipos de evaluadores, así como la difícil categorización de los evaluadores, cuyo perfil a menudo no está definido por un solo rol. En síntesis, el trabajo puede servir de inspiración para que nuevas investigaciones que indaguen en los perfiles de evaluadores abran el foco y tengan en cuenta las circunstancias que pueden afectar a su supuesta actividad habitual.

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