RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Kiraly, Donald C. YR 2015 T1 Occasioning translator competence: Moving beyond social constructivism toward a postmodern alternative to instructionism JF Translation and Interpreting Studies. The Journal of the American Translation and Interpreting Studies Association VO 10 IS 1 SP 8 OP 32 DO https://doi.org/10.1075/tis.10.1.02kir PB John Benjamins SN 1932-2798, AB For the past thirty years, as the translator’s profession has undergone a radical metamorphosis from a sort of bilingual craft to a highly technologized profession, translator education has been undergoing a comparatively slow evolution. From pervasive chalk-and-talk transmissionist practice just a few decades ago, the contemporary literature on translator education reveals a plethora of theoretical and practical approaches to the study and teaching of translation-related skills. In this article, the author reviews some key trends in this development within the translator education domain on the basis of his own evolution as a translator educator over the past three decades. A key focus will be placed on the role of epistemology, a mainstay of educational philosophy and learning theory, but a topic that he feels can help elucidate pedagogical practices of the past and guide the way toward ones better suited to educating translators today … and in the future., UL https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/tis.10.1.02kir