translation studies - Facultatea de Litere - Dunarea de Jos

Foreword
By means of her paper Comment améliorer la compétence traductive dans
l’enseignement du FLE, Angelica Vâlcu proceeds to exploring the translation process as
an intersection between elements of translation theory and the scientific observation of
reality. The teaching/learning of French as a foreign language, the practical activity of
translating holds an important position within the curricula intended for undergraduates
and master students. Nevertheless, as emphasized in the paper, before embarking upon any
practical activity, learners require the teaching of some basic notions of translatology
which should provide the necessary means to enable them to correctly fulfill this type of
didactic activity. (Angelica Vâlcu, Ph.D., is an associate professor whose scientific
interests cover language and specialized discourse; she works at the “Dunărea de Jos”
University of Galaţi; contact: a_valcu@yahoo.fr)
Though the only representative of Italian studies within the framework of the
conference, Vanina Narcisa Botezatu offers an interesting presentation of translation
problems in relation to intercultural communication entitled La comunicazione
interculturale: Problemi di interpretazione del testo – retorica e studi culturali comparati.
Considering both the complexity of the relationships between cultures and the variety of
the social contexts in which intercultural communication could be analyzed (politics,
economics, the legal and educational systems, as well as the familiar and family
frameworks), she expands on the need for the development of appropriate methodological
instruments for the study of language and cultures in interaction, i.e. of historical, linguistic
and geographical variety, national and local identity, institutions, folk cultures, and general
studies. (Vanina Narcisa Botezatu is a freelance translator and interpreter collaborating
with the Romanian Ministry of Justice and, in particular with the Court of Justice and the
Public Prosecutor’s Office in Galaţi; contact: vanina74it@yahoo.com)
Finally, within the Romanian culture and translation studies framework, 9 papers
were accepted for publication and their horizons include concerns regarding Romanian
contributions to the practice of translation of valuable works from different cultures of the
world to a Romanian readership.
Simona Antofi presents the results of her exploration into the universe of the
nineteenth-century translations offered to the Romanian culture, in her paper entitled Un
discurs critic sui generis – traduceri româneşti din secolul al XIX-lea. In the nineteenth
century, in the very middle of the Romanian romanticism, the practice of translations
witnessed a fast and sturdy development. Synchronizing Romanian literature with the
literatures of the western European space, and particularly with the French and English
literatures, required the theorization (be it a brief one) of the translators’ endeavours, of
their stakes and instruments as well as the implicit transformation of translation into a form
of critical overtake, in a brand new posture of the Romanian critical discourse that was
about to emerge. (Simona Antofi, Ph.D., is an associate professor, whose major interests
cover problems of the modern Romanian literature; she works at the “Dunărea de Jos”
University of Galaţi; contact: simoantofi@yahoo.com)
Doina Marta Bejan portrays the emblem of the Romanian romanticism, the poet
Mihai Eminescu, not as a verse creator but as a translator form German into Romanian.
The paper Mihai Eminescu - traducător al Criticii Raţiunii Pure intends to illustrate Mihai
Eminescu’s activity as a translator of philosophical literature which is less known but very
appreciated in G. Călinescu’s and C. Noica’s studies. Quoting the two great authors, the
paper describes Eminescu’s contribution as a translator to be a distinctive moment in the
evolution of the Romanian culture and literature. (Doina Marta Bejan, Ph.D., is an
associate professor, whose major interests include the history of the Romanian language,
Romanian lexicology and stylistics; she works at the “Dunărea de Jos” University of
Galaţi; contact: dmbejan@yahoo.com)
In Tradiţie şi modernitate în cercetările româneşti de sintaxă, Oana Magdalena
Cenac presents, alongside the well-known traditional grammar, the innovative research in
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