TECHNICAL TRANSLATOR’S ROLES CONCEPT BASED UPON COMPETENCE EVALUATION

This article’s purpose is to identify the key aspect of a technical translator’s professional competence and, consequently, to formulate a technical translator’s roles concept. It has been defined that the capability of producing an adequate translation of a technical text roots from one’s level of science-pragmatic competency. Its scale allows to state that there would be three roles of a technical translator. These results are definitely novel and, thus, are subjects of both theoretical and practical interest.This article’s purpose is to identify the key aspect of a technical translator’s professional competence and, consequently, to formulate a technical translator’s roles concept. It has been defined that the capability of producing an adequate translation of a technical text roots from one’s level of science-pragmatic competency. Its scale allows to state that there would be three roles of a technical translator. These results are definitely novel and, thus, are subjects of both theoretical and practical interest