n Toepassing van die teoretiese konstruk van die werkseis-beheerskema op opvoedkundige tolking : US as gevallestudie

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Traditionally, training programmes develop decision-making skills within a strongly prescriptive, rules-based framework where interpreters are granted little space to apply their own insights to overcome context-specific issues. This narrow approach focuses mainly on translational choices where equivalence and accuracy are seen as the most important measures of effective interpreting.Ethical decision-making during the process of educational interpreting aims to facilitate communication in order to establish teaching and learning in the classroom. If an interpreter cannot hear the lecturer or a student, or does not understand the terminology used in the particular environment, the interpreter has to make a decision in order to establish communication, and therefore the following question is at the core of this study: Do interpreters at Stellenbosch University have the necessary decision-making skills in order to enable them to perform effectively?An application of certain components of the theoretical construct of the job demand control scheme to educational interpreting at Stellenbosch University was used to answer the following questions:Which factors do educational interpreters at SU experience as job demandswithin the context of the interpreting programme?To which extent do educational interpreters at SU have outcomes-based ethicaldecision-making skills needed for facilitating effective communication andovercoming job demands?To answer these questions, data was collected by means of questionnaires and focus-group discussions, and deductions were made about the interpreters' views on job demands, role, and ethical decision-making skills. The results of this study show that interpreters still try to find answers and guidelines within the framework of strict ethical codes of conduct where decision-making and behaviour are not always effective in bringing about successful communication.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University