Translation Technology

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• evidence advanced theoretical knowledge and professional skills over an extended piece of work
• analyse and reflect on your own professional practice through the critical evaluation of the effectiveness of relevant CAT tools and your use of them
• undertake a substantial translation project and produce work of publishable standard with the aid of CAT tools

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Work at a professional level across at least two languages
• Manage deadlines and make effective use of your time
• Monitor and evaluate professional activity, including self-reflection
• Use specialist IT skills confidently and appropriately in relevant professional contexts

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Effective use of technology in translation and multilingual settings
• how translation theory is applied in a professional setting, dealing with the complexities of working and thinking globally and across cultures.
• Industry requirements in terms of use of technology to produce work of a professional standard.

Week 1: 2 full day workshops, one for each package. The workshops will give you a conceptual understanding of how the packages work, an introduction to the main features of the packages and hands-on practice using them.

Week 2: 3 hour practical, group-based session in which you will use the software packages to translate a text.

Weeks 3-12: 1hr practical sessions working in groups and individually using the CAT tools to translate a variety of texts and to discuss issues which arise from this activity.

Week 6: 2hr post-editing workshop

Students will also be expected to make use of the online tutorials provided by the software manufacturers.

Teaching and learning methods

As described, above, the module will be a blend of longer workshops, including theoretical and practical elements and weekly practical sessions, in which the focus will be using the CAT tools to translate texts, as well as evaluating the results and individual practice. You will need to practice using the CAT tools extensively outside the sessions in order to give maximum opportunity for discussion and feedback in the practical sessions.

Resources & Reading list

General Resources

Software package, plus user manual and online tutorial. - Trados software package, plus user manual and online tutorial - MemoQ software package, plus user manual and online support material

Internet Resources

ebrary.

Textbooks

Sharon O'Brien (Author, Editor), Laura Winther Balling (Editor), Michael Carl (Editor), Michel Simard (Editor), Lucia Specia (Editor) (2014). Post-Editing of Machine Translation: Processes and Applications. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Bowker, L. (2002; 2012 edition). Computer-Aided Translation Technology: a Practical Introduction.. University of Ottawa Press.

Austermuhl, F. (2001). Electronic tools for translators. Manchester: St Jerome.

Quah, C.K. (2006). Translation and Technology. Palgrave Macmillan.

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal