Özet:

With the globalization movement, translation pratice and translator identity are reproduced in digital networks. New translation practices and translator identities shaped in networks require the methods used in translation training to change and transform accordingly. Studies on (self)reflexive performances gain importance in translation training (García Álvarez, 2007; Kelly, 2005; Presas, 2012; Shih, 2018). From this point of view, the importance of translation commentary, which is attached to the target texts and qualifies as reflective reports, is emphasized in the relevant research study. In this context, the final exam held in the MTF 2141 Technical Translation 1 course conducted in the fall semester of the 2020-2021 academic year at Yıldız Technical University, Department of Western Languages and Literatures, French Translation and Interpretation Department is being scrutinized. The translation commentaries, called translator prefaces, written by the students participating in the relevant exam are analyzed in the light of (self)reflexive approaches (Bourdieu & Wacquant, 2007) and other related concepts and methods. Within the scope of the field study, translation commentaries written by five students are handled. Concepts such as meaningful learning, learning by discovery, self-control, self-management, ethical responsibility, cognitive thinking practices, declarative and procedural knowledge constitute the theoretical and methodological basis of the research. These concepts are traced within the (self)reflexive performances of the relevant students around the translation commentaries they produce. In addition, it is underlined that the reflective report created in this direction improve the (self)reflexive awareness of students who are new media translators.

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