Proposing a Framework for Compiling a Book for “Introduction to Translation” (from French to Persian)

In the process of teaching and learning, the textbook plays a central role alongside the other constituents of the didactic triangle (teacher, student). Given the importance of this subject and the lack of a comprehensive textbook for the “Introduction to Translation” course for undergraduate French language and literature, in this article, a framework for compiling an academic textbook has been offered. By referring to the works related to compiling academic textbooks and based on an applied research and a field study, this goal was achieved. During the field study, two data collection tools were used: a semi-structured interview with 14 professors teaching this course in Iranian universities and 149 student’s translations of simple texts from French to Persian. A criterion purposive sampling was conducted and the data were analyzed according to the qualitative method with the techniques of content analysis and error analysis. On the one hand, the characteristics of an optimal textbook and the texts that can be used in it were extracted through the interview. On the other hand, the most frequent errors in students' translations have been explored, which form the basis of the language needs of the students in this book.