Cover Image

The translation profession in Malaysia: the translator’s status and self-perception

This paper aims to discuss the current status of translators practising in Malaysia and their perceptions towards the profession. The study was motivated by the dearth of literature on the status of the translator’s profession in Malaysia. Past studies have shown that translation is not considered a...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Myoung , Sook Kang, Krishnavanie Shunmugam,
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit UKM 2014
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7773/1/5829-18833-1-PB.pdf
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7773/
http://ejournal.ukm.my/gema/index
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my-ukm.journal.7773
record_format eprints
spelling my-ukm.journal.77732014-10-31T07:47:05Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7773/ The translation profession in Malaysia: the translator’s status and self-perception Myoung , Sook Kang Krishnavanie Shunmugam, This paper aims to discuss the current status of translators practising in Malaysia and their perceptions towards the profession. The study was motivated by the dearth of literature on the status of the translator’s profession in Malaysia. Past studies have shown that translation is not considered a full-fledged profession in many other countries. Translators also do not perceive their own job as belonging to a profession due to a number of reasons. This study which adopts hermeneutic phenomenology as its method of inquiry is mostly qualitative in nature with an inclusion of some basic quantitative measures. The findings of this study has revealed that though Malaysian translators regard themselves as professionals in society, clients and the public unfortunately do not share the same views. The translators also cited unfair competition from amateur translators and unprofessional practices in their profession due to a lack of code of ethics, as challenges which seriously undermine the status of their professions. The findings of this study markedly highlight the concerted effort that is needed to set up a professional body to represent the translators in Malaysia. Penerbit UKM 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7773/1/5829-18833-1-PB.pdf Myoung , Sook Kang and Krishnavanie Shunmugam, (2014) The translation profession in Malaysia: the translator’s status and self-perception. GEMA: Online Journal of Language Studies, 14 (3). pp. 191-205. ISSN 1675-8021 http://ejournal.ukm.my/gema/index
institution Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
building Perpustakaan Tun Sri Lanang Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
content_source UKM Journal Article Repository
url_provider http://journalarticle.ukm.my/
language English
description This paper aims to discuss the current status of translators practising in Malaysia and their perceptions towards the profession. The study was motivated by the dearth of literature on the status of the translator’s profession in Malaysia. Past studies have shown that translation is not considered a full-fledged profession in many other countries. Translators also do not perceive their own job as belonging to a profession due to a number of reasons. This study which adopts hermeneutic phenomenology as its method of inquiry is mostly qualitative in nature with an inclusion of some basic quantitative measures. The findings of this study has revealed that though Malaysian translators regard themselves as professionals in society, clients and the public unfortunately do not share the same views. The translators also cited unfair competition from amateur translators and unprofessional practices in their profession due to a lack of code of ethics, as challenges which seriously undermine the status of their professions. The findings of this study markedly highlight the concerted effort that is needed to set up a professional body to represent the translators in Malaysia.
format Article
author Myoung , Sook Kang
Krishnavanie Shunmugam,
spellingShingle Myoung , Sook Kang
Krishnavanie Shunmugam,
The translation profession in Malaysia: the translator’s status and self-perception
author_facet Myoung , Sook Kang
Krishnavanie Shunmugam,
author_sort Myoung , Sook Kang
title The translation profession in Malaysia: the translator’s status and self-perception
title_short The translation profession in Malaysia: the translator’s status and self-perception
title_full The translation profession in Malaysia: the translator’s status and self-perception
title_fullStr The translation profession in Malaysia: the translator’s status and self-perception
title_full_unstemmed The translation profession in Malaysia: the translator’s status and self-perception
title_sort translation profession in malaysia: the translator’s status and self-perception
publisher Penerbit UKM
publishDate 2014
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7773/1/5829-18833-1-PB.pdf
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7773/
http://ejournal.ukm.my/gema/index
_version_ 1643737243627552768
score 13.211869

Similar Items