Aspects of Media Education in the Formation of Information Competence of Future Translators
Aspects of Media Education in the Formation of Information Competence of Future Translators

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the problem of media education in the formation of information competence of future translators. Media competence of future translators is described as an important part of their professional competence. Media competence of translators is assigned as the ability to form cross-cultural background, cultural, economic, political knowledge through the media; the ability to accumulate the latest words, word forms and language constructs that are presented, as a rule, for the first time by means of mass media; the possibility to receive relevant information in a particular professional field via multimedia. Ways to improve the training of translators in the context of their activities in accordance with the current requirements of multimedia resources are proposed. The development of specialized training courses to form media competence is offered.

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