학부 전문번역 수업에서 보도자료 활용의 유용성 고찰

Usefulness of Press Release as Reference in Undergraduate Professional Translation Education

This study aims at investigating the usefulness of press releases, documents sent to the media for the purpose of announcing a variety of news items such as scheduled events and new products, as reference materials in professional translation education for undergraduate students, focusing on Korean-to-English translation of texts on economy / finance. The findings based on the survey of 55 undergraduates and the analysis of a total of 143 target texts translated by 175 undergraduates are as follows. First, the survey respondents are most frequently using online linguistic dictionary among a variety of reference materials when they translate texts on economy / finance which requires more extralinguistic knowledge than translation of texts on other subject matters. Second, heavy dependence on these materials among undergraduates may have resulted in extralinguistic errors. Third, the use of press releases produced by government departments or institutions can help address the errors, suggesting their usefulness as more accurate and reliable reference materials.