Developing translation competence in foreign language learners by means of authentic textbook adaptation

The authors analyze the experience of adapting authentic textbooks Market Leader, New Insights into Business, Infotech. The paper emphasizes the important role of translation in teaching foreign languages and the ways of incorporating translation aspects into adapting textbooks. It provides an overview of exercises on post-editing and comparison of machine translated texts in order to form the foundations of the translation competence. The paper specifies the experience of creating an adaptation textbook for students of the Chechen State University.