Grammar in Specialized Translation Classes

Abstract

The main focus of specialized translation classes is usually terminology, but in many cases that is not enough, particularly in situations where the students’ L2 level is below the required standard, so that much remedial grammar teaching is needed. This paper argues that in such situations, if not as a rule, both explicit and implicit grammar teaching should be a part of translation classes, before discussing the author’s long-term practice of conceptualizing grammar. The teaching of tense, aspect and complex noun phrases is then introduced with examples.

Keywords

• grammar teaching
• grammar conceptualization
• noun phrases
• verb phrases
• specialized translation