The Role of Language Skills in Enhancing Translators' Performance in Sight Translation: A Case Study

Abstract

This study sheds light on two of the basic language skills(reading skill and speaking skill) through which students can perform sight translation efficiently. The performance of the students depends on the way the students can employ these skills in order to reach at a meaningful message as they rely on their language skills specifically the receptive skills such as the reading skill and productive skills such as the speaking skill. The aim of this study is to analyze the students' points of view concerning the two skills for mastering the process of Sight Translation (SiT), and to what extent the important role and impact of such skills in rendering the Source Text (ST) into the Target Message ( TM) for the audience. Ninety- four students of the second year / Department of Translation / College of Arts / University of Tikrit and University of Wasit, ( 2018-2019) have been used as samples in this study to analyze their responses on items in a closed-items questionnaire. This questionnaire contains fifteen items which cover the important aspects on this study especially the language skills and how they are effective in improving their performance.