Ensaio: aval. pol. públ. Educ., Rio de Janeiro, v. 19, n. 71, p. 425-442, abr./jun. 2011 Abstract This article argues for an approach to the assessment of students’ translation assignments that is informed by the theory of multiple intelligences proposed by Howard Gardner in 1983 and expanded in his later work. This approach is based on two main strategies: (i) diversity of forms of assessment,...

This introduction to the ITT special issue on Ethics and the Curriculum argues the need to engage more systematically with ethical issues in the context of translator and interpreter training, particularly in view of recent technological, social, political and professional developments that are yet to be explored in the literature in terms of ethical implications. The authors argue that account...

In recent decades, when we read about the use of machine translation, were told that it was not suitable for professional translation. The reason translation used to produce poor results as long applied controlled language pre-edited texts within a specific field specialization, and with post-editing target text, all using appropriate specialized tools.
 However, three considerations led u...