Specialised translation in Apulia: Training and employability

My article reports on the tentative results of a wider investigation aimed at exploring the state of affairs of the market of specialised translation services in Apulia. More specifically, the project's idea intends to match the needs of the local labour market for specialised translation on the one hand and academic education and training on the other hand, in order to foster a multimodal methodology that combines linguistic competence and technological skills. In the first part of my article, I will illustrate the results of a survey of the local market for specialised translation. The survey takes into account the type of clients, the most in-demand languages and linguistic domains, and the use of the CAT tools. In the second part, instead, I will focus on the data of two needs analysis questionnaires addressed to the first-year students of the Master's Degree in "Specialised Translation" at the University of Bari "Aldo Moro". The questionnaires collect data about the respondents' personal information, skills, motivation, usage of technology applied to translation and expectations, thus providing a way to map the needs of the future specialised translators. Finally, I will relate the results of the market survey and the data of the needs analysis questionnaires to match market demands, formative needs and European standards for translation services.

本文报告了一项旨在探究普利亚地区专业翻译服务市场现状的广泛调查的初步结果。具体而言，该项目旨在对接本地专业翻译劳动力市场的需求与学术教育及培训体系，以构建一种融合语言能力与技术技能的多模态方法论。本文第一部分将阐述本地专业翻译市场调查的结果，涵盖客户类型、需求最旺盛的语言及领域，以及计算机辅助翻译工具（CAT tools）的使用情况。第二部分则聚焦于针对巴里阿尔多·莫罗大学（University of Bari 'Aldo Moro'）'专业翻译'硕士一年级学生的两份需求分析问卷数据。问卷收集了受访者的个人信息、技能水平、学习动机、翻译技术应用情况及期望，为勾勒未来专业翻译人才的需求图景提供了依据。最后，本文将结合市场调查结果与需求分析问卷数据，实现市场需求、培养需求与翻译服务欧洲标准的对接。