Images as part of technical translation courses: implications and applications

"The visualisation and description of images from different perspectives trigger creativity in translation work, and help to develop pertinent documentation and translation strategies. As a result, translation courses should include activities involving the analysis and description of images, and the development of strategies that link the visual and the verbal component of the text with previous and newly acquired knowledge." 

Images as part of technical translation courses: implications and applications1 Maribel Tercedor, Esperanza Alarcón-Navío, Juan A. Prieto-Velasco and Clara I. López-Rodríguez, Department of Translation and Interpreting, University of Granada, Spain