Translation Education in The Context of Social Media

Starting from the concept of translator competence and the social constructivist approach to translator education, this study aims to focus on a path to be followed to describe a competence specifically relevant to the human translator, who currently needs to compete/cooperate with developments in social media. The aim is to highlight the importance of integrating social media into translation education, in the light of current research, to ensure that students can operate autonomously and confidently in the professional environment after graduation. In the study, a translation study in which 10 postgraduate translation studies students will work on at least three social media networks (X, Facebook, YouTube) is subjected to a sample application under the supervision of a teacher, using connectionist and social constructivist models, as if they were in their classroom (de facto classroom environment). Virtual communities, which are becoming a visible force day by day in social media, create a motivating and necessary environment for a virtual translation community and highlight the need for translators on the virtual platform to meet the translation needs of participants with different languages and cultures. The study reveals the importance of conducting translation education on social media and supporting the education with virtual platforms. The study inquires into translation education from a social perspective beyond individual education.