ABSTRACT
This chapter looks at how translation has been used in learning and teaching foreign languages over the past centuries. An important field for translation over many centuries and in many countries is pedagogy: in other words, translation as used as a means for teaching and learning a foreign language. An important field for translation over many centuries and in many countries is pedagogy: in other words, translation as used as a means for teaching and learning a foreign language. The objective of the new alternative translation activities is to improve receptive and productive aspects of communicative competence, and they should be restricted to advanced learners, who have a good overview of the equivalence relations between the two languages and cultures involved in translation. Translation is thus a normal and natural process that occurs in all language use.
