The implementation of a corpus-construction project on student translators: competence development and challenges

This study investigates a corpus-construction project implemented at a foreign language university over two years, aiming to explore its impacts on student translators and the challenges encountered by teachers in project management. Results show that students have developed multidimensional competence, including enhanced translation skills and technological competence, development of cognitive skills and critical thinking disposition, improvement of collaboration skills and teamwork, as well as historical responsibility and ethical awareness. However, teachers encountered challenges such as corpus difficulty and ambiguity, technological barriers in corpus construction, and difficulties in team management. This research not only enriches the theory of translation education, but also provides practical implications for curriculum design and teaching practices, as well as the implementation of large-scale authentic projects across different domains.