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Lörscher(1995)characterizestheirpositionasfollows:“Harrisand
Sherwoodemphasizethattranslationcompetenceunfoldsparalleltothe
developmentofbilingualism,andthatthedegreeoftranslationcompe-
tenceincreasesautomaticallytotheextenttowhichachild’sabilityto
usethetwolanguagesinvolveddevelops(p.113)”.(Shreve1997:121).
Ascanbeobservedintheabovequote,itistakenforgrantedthatthe
meaningof“ability”issynonymouswiththemeaningof“competence”.
Lookingfurther,translationcompetenceissynonymouswithtranslation
asaskill,likeforexampleinthetitleofthearticlebyNeubert,“Compe-
tenceintranslation:acomplexskill,howtostudyandhowtoteachit”
(seeIvanova1998:92).Yet,inthesamearticleNeubertdefinescompe-
tenceasacombinationof“complexknowledgeandskill”(Neubert1992:
412).Althoughthequestionoftranslationcompetenceandtheacquisition
ofexpertknowledgewillbedealtwithindetailinchapterfour,Iwould
liketoemphasizethatequatingabilitywithskillandcompetencemay
leadtofalseassumptionsthatability(potential)guaranteescompetence.It
seemsmuchbettertoconsiderthethreeintermsofadevelopmentalcon-
tinuumwhichmaytakethefollowingroute:frompredispositiontoability
toskilltocompetenceandfinallytoexpertiseintranslation.Asimilarob-
servationwasmadebyShreve(1997:125)whosuggestedthattranslation
abilityshouldbeviewedin“akindofevolutionaryspace”wherethe
startingpointisindeedthenaturalabilityofbilingualstotranslate.The
ultimatestagetowhichtranslationabilitycanevolveunderfavourableex-
ternalcircumstances(i.e.theneedfortranslationservices)andinternal
conditions(thetranslator’sconsciousefforttodevelop)intoexpertise,
stillremainsopentoimprovementthroughpractice,orvulnerabletoattri-
tionduetolackofpractice.
Ifthenweacceptthedefinitionoftranslationabilityasapotential,a
‘merepredispositiontotranslate’(Toury1995),translationskillcanbede-
finedasanactualdemonstrationofthispotential.AccordingtotheMSN
EncartaOn-lineDictionary
2skillcanbedefinedas:
1.abilitytodosomethingwell:theabilitytodosomethingwell,usually
gainedthroughtrainingorexperience
2.somethingrequiringtrainingtodowell:somethingthatrequirestrain-
ingandexperiencetodowell,e.g.anartortrade
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2(http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary).