Translation in motion: Reframing language education through a reflexive lens

Lucía Pintado Gutiérrez

doi:10.24310/redit.20.2026.24038

Authors

Lucía Pintado Gutiérrez Dublin City University
Ireland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24310/redit.20.2026.24038

Keywords:

Reflexion

Abstract

This article offers a reflexive reconsideration of translation in language education, moving beyond long-standing debates about its legitimacy to explore what translation does within language learning. Rather than positioning translation as either outdated or inherently beneficial, it argues for understanding it as a communicative and socially situated practice whose pedagogical value depends on how it is conceptualised and implemented.

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