Work placements in doctoral research training in the humanities: Eight cases from Translation Studies

Authors

Anthony Pym
Gabriel Gonzalez Nunez, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow
Marta Miquel-Iriarte
Sara Ramos Pinto
Carlos Teixeira
Wine Tesse

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-1-2014

Abstract

Research cooperation between academic and nonacademic institutions tends not to concern the humanities, where mutual financial rewards are mostly not in evidence. The study of eight nonacademic placements of doctoral researchers working on interlingual translation nevertheless indicates some degree of success. It is found that the placements lead to ongoing cooperation when the following conditions are met: 1) the nature of the placement is understood and relations of trust are established; 2) mutual benefits are envisaged; and 3) there are prior arrangements for receiving visiting researchers. A placement can be successful even when one of the last two factors is missing. Further, the measure of success for placements in the humanities should concern social and symbolic benefits, in addition to financial profits.

Comments

Original published version available at https://doi.org/10.1556/Acr.15.2014.1.1

Recommended Citation

Pym, Anthony, Gabriel González Núñez, Marta Miquel-Iriarte, Sara Ramos Pinto, Carlos Teixeira, and Wine Tesseur. " Work placements in doctoral research training in the humanities: Eight cases from translation studies". Across Languages and Cultures 15.1 (2014): 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1556/Acr.15.2014.1.1

Publication Title

Across Languages and Cultures

DOI

10.1556/Acr.15.2014.1.1