Overview

Translation technologies are moulded by and impact upon humans in all sorts of ways. This state-of-the-art volume looks at translation technologies from the point of view of the human users – as trainee, professional or volunteer translators, or as end users of translations produced by machines. Covering technologies from machine translation to online collaborative platforms, and practices from ‘traditional’ translation to crowdsourced translation and subtitling, this volume takes a critical stance, questioning both utopian and dystopian visions of translation technology. In eight chapters, the authors propose ideas on how technologies can better serve translators and end users of translations. The first four chapters explore how translators – in various contexts and with widely differing profiles – use and feel about translation technologies as they currently stand, while the second four chapters focus on the future: on anticipating needs, identifying emerging possibilities, and defining interventions that can help to shape translation practice and research. Drawing on a range of theories from cognitive to social and psychological, and with empirical evidence of what the technologization of the workplace means to translators, Human Issues in Translation Technology is key reading for all those involved in translation and technology, translation theory and translation research methods.

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Author:   Dorothy Kenny ,  Jenny Williams (Dublin City University, Ireland)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.320kg
ISBN:  

9780367736484

ISBN 10:   0367736489
Pages:   178
Publication Date:   18 December 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Dorothy Kenny 1 Love letters or hate mail? Translators' technology acceptance in the light of their emotional narratives Kaisa Koskinen and Minna Ruokonen 2 Deconstructing translation crowdsourcing with the case of a Facebook initiative: A translation network of engineered autonomy and trust? Minako O'Hagan 3 'I can't get no satisfaction!' Should we blame translation technologies or shifting business practices? Matthieu LeBlanc 4 How do translators use web resources? Evidence from the performance of Chinese-English translators Vincent X. Wang and Lily Lim 5 Translators' needs and preferences in the design of specialized termino-lexicographic tools Alejandro García-Aragón and Clara Inés López-Rodríguez 6 Assessing user interface needs of post-editors of machine translation Joss Moorkens and Sharon O'Brien 7 Issues in human and automatic translation quality assessment Stephen Doherty 8 Can U read ths? The reception of txt language in subtitling Alina Secară

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Human Issues in Translation Technology remains one of the few books exploring technological impact on translation professionals and possible future consequences of emerging technologies. - Daniel Segura Gimenez, Autonomous University of Barcelona - The Journal of Specialised Translation

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Dorothy Kenny is Associate Professor in the School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies at Dublin City University. She is the author of Lexis and Creativity in Translation (Routledge, 2001), and served on the Executive Council of the International Association for Translation and Intercultural Studies from 2004 to 2016.

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