TY - JOUR AU - Hennecke, Angelika PY - 2017/05/26 Y2 - 2024/03/19 TI - The Need for Specialized Translators in the current Translation Market in Germany JF - Cuadernos de Lingüística Hispánica JA - CLH VL - 0 IS - 30 SE - Language and society DO - 10.19053/0121053X.n30.0.6186 UR - https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/linguistica_hispanica/article/view/6186 SP - 19-41 AB - <div>This article makes a brief description and examination of the labor market for&nbsp;translators in Germany. The impact&nbsp;of&nbsp;new technologies and forms of communication,&nbsp;such as the internet and other digital media, is taken into account. Experiences with this&nbsp;kind of qualification in Germany are described, with a special focus on the&nbsp;Master’s degree&nbsp;on Specialized Translation of the Cologne University of Applied Sciences (TH Köln). In</div><div>this context, the lack&nbsp;of didactics for translation teaching and the implications of this are&nbsp;discussed, in order to prepare future translators for a growingly complex and challenging&nbsp;labor market.</div> ER -