Toward a more Practice- Fouced curriculum ,Translation Studies

"Abstract
This presentation reports on an empirical study, based on both quantitative and qualitative data, on the learning needs of translation students, another major subject in translator training. According to different studies and on field feedbacks, contrary to a widely held assumption, the great majority of students taking translation did not and do not intend to be professional translators/interpreters. It is found that translation students prized training of both L1 and L2 before or during translation training, and that they preferred practice-oriented courses to theoretical courses."