This research seeks to highlight the need for reflections within Translation studies for an interdisciplinary approach to the designing of translation and how to improve its pedagogy within the framework of the teaching of Foreign Languages, with the aim to establishing complementary links between Foreign Language teaching and Translation. From a communicational perspective, the two disciplines
... [Show full abstract] could have a lot in common. We propose to define the conditions for a possible convergence between two approaches : -The Action-oriented approach recommended by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages for the teaching and learning of foreign languages and cultures. - The Discursive approach based on the Interpretative Theory of Translation which constitutes a basis for the pedagogy of translation.