Translation Competence Formation of Students of Higher Educational Institutions

Abstract

Abstract. Modern specialists must have not only professional skills and abilities based on special knowledge, but also a high level of professional qualification, which includes critical thinking, knowledge of a foreign language and the ability to use theoretical knowledge in their practice. To ensure the competitiveness of graduates of higher education institutions in the labor market, it is important to form their translation competence. The purpose of the article is to study the content of translation competence and the order of its formation in students majoring in "Economics", "Computer Science", "Information Systems and Technologies". The content of the categories "competence" and "translation competence" is analyzed. Innovative methods of teaching a foreign language used to form students' translation competence, types of tasks that have proven to be the most effective in the learning process, the main types of translation transformations are considered. Emphasis is placed on the expediency of using the method of case studies for the development of students' translation competence in the process of learning a foreign language in higher education institutions. It is established that the work on text translation includes separate stages, at each of which students develop the following skills: recognition of optimal translation units in the translated text, use of adequate translation transformations, finding the most successful equivalents of native language translation units, critical evaluation of translation and adjust it if necessary. It is emphasized that after studying a foreign language, students majoring in "Economics", "Computer Science", "Information Systems and Technologies" must know grammar to the extent that it provides practical translation skills, special terminological vocabulary, have a vocabulary within subject-oriented program, be able to convey the content of the read material in a foreign language; to conduct oral and written communication, business conversation, write a resume, organize business negotiations, write a scientific article, etc. Further scientific research in this direction is seen in the study of the factors of formation of professional communicative competence of future translators in the process of professional training.