Sworn translation for veterinary academia: lexical and cultural challenges in training and professional certificates

Abstract

The main aim of this study is to identify the terminological and cultural challenges in translation raised by six academic and administrative documents written in English, which show the occupational and research achievements of two veterinary lecturers with professional experience in the United Kingdom, Switzerland and Finland. We would like to know if the training in sworn translation is sufficient to take on such assignments, paying attention to the semantic fields in such documents and the educational and administrative asymmetries between the source and destination countries. As a secondary, professionally applicable objective, we wish to generate academic and occupational glossaries that may be used in sworn translation assignments for veterinary academia.