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Vocabulary acquisition through word Association as a tool to enrich translator's lexical repertoire.
Autor
Arce Ardila, Bolívar Andrés
Resumen
The role of translators is of major importance to bridge the
communication gap among the peoples of the world. This profession
requires a lot of skill, hard work, and determination to meet the needs of
translation users. For this reason, translators must possess a number of
professional traits including proficiency in languages in addition to a
growing willingness to continue improving their skills. In order to help
Proz.com¿s Ecuadorian translators, the world¿s largest online translation
network, in the pursuit of excellence and after a qualitative analysis of
their vocabulary knowledge and their vocabulary learning processes, it is
advisable for them to acquire new, functional vocabulary and make
drastic changes to their vocabulary acquisition techniques. The purpose
of this thesis work is to provide a new, powerful tool of vocabulary
learning process in order to help Proz.com¿s Ecuadorian translators to
develop an extensive vocabulary repertoire through word association in an efficient and unconventional manner.