The conception of happiness management in training of beginner-level translator students of the Chinese language

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Authors: Kateryna Shevchenko
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Abstract

The article is devoted to the problem of the conception of happiness management in the training of students who master the Chinese language at the beginner level. The main ideas of the concept and the peculiarities of their use in the Chinese language classes organization are considered, and the advantages of the leading ideas of Chinese teachers and educational researchers. who train translators of Chinese in developing a strategy for training Chinese translators in Ukrainian universities are characterized. Methods of teaching Chinese translation at the beginner level within the main ideas of the concept of happiness management are described in detail, examples of methods with practical descriptions are given, and the impact on thedevelopment of lexical, grammatical, stylistic and translation competence in first and second-year students is analysed in detail. Based on personal experience in teaching Chinese to future translators, the author has developed recommendations for the practical application of progressive ideas from the concept of happiness management in the training of student translators studying Chinese at the beginner level. The specifics of the practical training of bachelor’s degree students majoring in Chinese studies at Ukrainian universities are revealed. It is shown that the theoretical and practical components oftraining must be clearly balanced. Individual projects, usually such as translation works give students a chance to immerse into the real working conditions of a translator, develop their lexical and grammatical competence, skills and abilities, as well as stylistic and translation competence. A detailed analysis of ways to develop the stylistic competence of future translators in the system of professional competence is provided. Examples from personal teaching experience show the essence and importance of developing stylistic competence from the first days of language learning. Examples of individual and grouptasks for beginner students studying Chinese within the concept of happiness management are given, ways of developing stylistic, language and translation competence as an integral part of professional competence are shown.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Translation Studies and Practices Second Language Learning and Teaching Foreign Language Teaching Methods

Publication details

Journal / source
The scientific and methodological journal Foreign Languages
Issue
2
Pages
20–26
Publication date
18 January 2026