Interdisciplinarity : a challenge in the didactics of translation?

Abstract EN

This paper is a reflection on the place of Translation in the Communication field and among other related academic disciplines in the Social, Human and even Cognitive Sciences.

It also hints on eventual changes and new approaches in the didactics of translation at our Institute.

The interdisciplinary research and approach has become essential and of great interest to Translation Studies.

Interdisciplinarity might be the key to new approaches, new findings and innovative didactical methods within the framework of Translation Studies.

So far, translation has been taught as a separate discipline, isolated from other close and relevant academic disciplines of the Human, Social and even Neuro-Sciences.

Interdisciplinarity should act as a challenge to cross the conventional “borders” of academic disciplines in order to help translation teachers in their difficult communicative task and consequently pave the way for scholars and students to understand the complexity of translation.

It might be useful for translation trainers to integrate the theoretical framework of such disciplines to the empirical data of translation, with the prospect of a more proficient structuring of their courses and of hopefully improving their students' competence and skills.