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FEATURED INTERVIEW
In two different interviews, in English and French, Louise Brunette emphasises the importance of including revision both in the translation process and in academic research.
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Biography: Louise Brunette, Professor of translation, Universitée du Québec en Outaouais
Louise Brunette started her career as a translator and terminologist before becoming a university lecturer. Her research interests are primarily devoted to revision, but she also works on technologies applied to the translation process. She is the co-author of Pratique de la Revision, Linguatech, Montreal, 1998, written with Paul Horguelin and has just published La Revision professionnelle: processus, strategies et pratiques, Editions Nota Bene, Quebec.
| 1. What is your professional background? |
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| 2. How would you define revision? |
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| 3. According to you what are the best steps to follow to undertake revision? |
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| 4. Where can the line between correction and revision be drawn? |
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| 5. Why is revision in translation important and in spite of its importance why is it considered as one of the poor relatives of translation? |
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| 6. What is currently happening in research as far as revision in translation is concerned? |
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| 7. How has your personal approach to revision evolved? Is this visible in your research? |
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| 8. What are you currently researching? |
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| 9. How has revision been present in the translation industry since you started work as a translator? |
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| 10. Any chance of funding for revision? |
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| 11. Are there differences according to different professional sectors? |
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| 12. Isn't a good translator necessarily a reviser? |
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| 13. In general, is revision taught in university translation programmes and in what way? |
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| 14. Should revision be part of translation programmes? |
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