An Investigation on the Translation Competence of Undergraduates of English Translation Majors in the Context of Autonomous Learning

Abstract

With the acceleration of globalization and frequent international exchanges, the translation industry has gradually become an important career field. In this context, training translation professionals are also becoming increasingly important. This paper uses translation students from the Guizhou University of Finance and Economics as a sample to investigate and study the current situation of translation professional ability in the context of autonomous learning. The collation and analysis of the questionnaire and the summary of the test results show that the overall translation competence of undergraduate translation majors is not optimistic, mainly as follows: low bilingual ability, lack of vocabulary and incoherence; Insufficient ability to translate extralinguistic issues, especially cultural components; Lack of translation expertise and poor mastery; Single use of tools; Translation has no strategy and so on. Of course, there are students' reasons, such as learning attitudes, and external reasons, such as the setting of teaching courses. Based on the research results, this paper puts forward some suggestions on how to improve translation capabilities to provide references for subsequent research.