Sociocultural competence in developing skills of written translation

Abstract

This paper provides an analysis of main translation competences and focuses on the importance of developing students’ sociocultural awareness. Sociocultural competence is regarded as an integral part of translators’ professional training and as a necessary condition for further development of other translators’ professional skills and competences. It outlines methodological approaches to selection texts for translation, differentiates specific features of texts for written translation and studies the influence of extra linguistic factors on developing skills of written translation.