LA ACCESIBILIDAD COMO COMPETENCIA DEL TRADUCTOR: PROPUESTA DE ACTIVIDADES PARA EL APRENDIZAJE AUTÓNOMO

Abstract

The  work  of  translators  is  no  longer  restricted  to  texts  on  paper.  New communicative scenarios have appeared resulting from technological advances, where audiovisual documents and multimedia contents play a crucial role in the transfer of information. It is our assertion that translators must make the attempt to deliver their texts to a larger audience. Accordingly, web accessibility has become a key concept which, in our opinion, should form part of a holistic training of translators-to-be in the new degree in Translation and Interpreting, within the framework of the European Higher  Education Area.  In  this  paper,  we  propose  a  series  of  activities  based  on students’ self-training, with the aim of introducing accessibility into the translation classroom.