Este trabalho pretende contribuir para a diminuição de um vão que se observa entre a formação acadêmica dos graduandos dos cursos de Tradução e a realidade do profissional após ingressar no mercado, explorando como as agências de tradução, parte significativa do mercado de trabalho na área, são vistas pelos tradutores em formação da cidade de São Paulo. Para isso, foram aplicados questionários a alunos de diferentes semestres de algumas faculdades de Tradução de São Paulo; além disso, tradutores profissionais de agências foram também entrevistados. Acima de tudo, a grande questão que este trabalho procura investigar é se os alunos estão sendo bem preparados para o mercado de trabalho de tradução / This work aims at bridging a gap observed between the education of undergraduates in translation courses and the reality faced by the professional after graduating, exploring how translation agencies, a significant part of the translation industry, are considered by these students. With this purpose, questionnaires were applied to undergraduates in different stages of some translation schools in São Paulo City. Professional translators working for agencies were also interviewed. The main issue raised by this dissertation is whether students are being well prepared to face the market after graduation

Este trabalho pretende contribuir para a diminuição de um vão que se observa entre a formação acadêmica dos graduandos dos cursos de Tradução e a realidade do profissional após ingressar no mercado, explorando como as agências de tradução, parte significativa do mercado de trabalho na área, são vistas pelos tradutores em formação da cidade de São Paulo. Para isso, foram aplicados questionários a alunos de diferentes semestres de algumas faculdades de Tradução de São Paulo; além disso, tradutores profissionais de agências foram também entrevistados. Acima de tudo, a grande questão que este trabalho procura investigar é se os alunos estão sendo bem preparados para o mercado de trabalho de tradução / This work aims at bridging a gap observed between the education of undergraduates in translation courses and the reality faced by the professional after graduating, exploring how translation agencies, a significant part of the translation industry, are considered by these students. With this purpose, questionnaires were applied to undergraduates in different stages of some translation schools in São Paulo City. Professional translators working for agencies were also interviewed. The main issue raised by this dissertation is whether students are being well prepared to face the market after graduation

The aim of this thesis is to describe the interpretation and translation services for judicial purposes in Russia and systematise the way in which they are used in judicial practice. The investigated topic is handled functionally and descriptivelyaccording to the following criteria: (1) development/historic - a description of the development of translation and interpretation services in the USSR and in modern Russia; (2) legislative - the status of the interpreter and the translator in the judicial process, their rights and responsibilities, formulation of ethical principles of their activities; (3) an objective evaluation - an assessment of the conditions for the exercise of a court interpreter and translator, qualifications and growth, the criteria for the selection of a professional translator/interpreter from agencies, the role of notaries in the translation process and its role in checking translations. Linking these aspects will enable not only a comprehensive view of the situation, but also to compare them with the services offered in the country.

This study combines linguistic and economic points of view to deliver insights into two national translation services markets. Translation services form a relatively large market and provide quite a high number of jobs globally. In this industry, which is largely unregulated by government bodies, translation agencies have the potential to act as quality warrantors by applying elaborate quality-assurance procedures and requiring their freelance translators to possess certain qualifications. A controversial yet widely mentioned qualification is being a native speaker of a specific language. Drawing on a critique of the conventional "native speaker" concept and on insights from economics, Language Management Theory, and critical discourse analysis, this study investigates how the native-speaker status, along with other translator qualifications, is used as an argument for higher quality and a higher price in marketing and price-setting strategies of translation agencies in the Czech Republic and Germany when it comes to a technical translation into a non-local language. The research makes use of the market-research technique called "mystery shopping" and is designed as a combination of experimental and observational qualitative research methods. The four distinct stages, which correspond with...