TRANSLATION-ORIENTED HOME READING CLASSES FOR TRANSLATION MAJOR
This article considers the features of working with an original foreign-language text aimed at forming professional competences of prospective translators as the main task in teaching translation. In particular, it describes peculiarities of preparing and conducting translation-oriented home reading classes as a component of such disciplines as The Practical Course of the First Foreign Language and The Practical Course in Speech Communication Culture in the First Foreign Language. The object of the study is a foreign-language literary text. The subject of the study is the specifics of working with such a text. The purpose of the article is to identify the features, to present the methodology of working with a literary text in a foreign language with students specializing in Translation and Translation Studies, and to work out specific tasks aimed at forming the translation competence. Results. The analysis of normative documents, teaching manuals, theoretical sources on the research topic, as well as observations allowed us to formulate an integrated approach, according to which out-of-class and classroom work with a foreign-language literary text is divided into several stages, and there are used both classical tasks and forms of work and those that model translation activities proper, from a pre-translation analysis of the text to editing translated passages. Therefore, these allow to put into practice the knowledge obtained by students when studying theoretical disciplines, and at the same time to prepare them for future translation activities. The methodological basis is a competence-based approach to professional training, which helps in forming translation thinking. The research materials may be of use to teachers of translation of both first and second foreign languages, of practical courses of a foreign language with students majoring in Linguistics or another speciality, and to teachers at translation courses.