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Interpreting and East Asian Studies at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain, ie in
where she teaches translation and localisation. s
Bartolomé Mesa-Lao is a research affiliate at the Centre for Research and Innovation
in Translation and Translation Technology, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. He
is also a visiting lecturer at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain, and Università
degli Studi di Genova, Italy, specialising in translation automation.
ISBN 978-3-0343-0994-3
Peter Lang
www.peterlang.com
New Trends in Translation Studies New Trends in Translation Studies
Vol. 13
The literature on translation and technology has generally taken two forms: S
á
general overviews, in which the tools are described, and functional descrip- n
c
tions of how such technologies are used in specific projects, often with a h
e
view to improving the quality of translator training. There has been far less z
-G
development of the deeper implications of technology in its cultural, ethical, i Conducting Research in
j
ó
political and social dimensions. In an attempt to address this imbalance, the ann
present volume offers a collection of articles, written by leading experts in d M, To Translation Technologies
the field, that explore some of the current communication and information r
er
se
trends that define our contemporary world and impinge on the translation pro- as
fession. The contributions have been divided into three main areas in which -La-Ho
translation and technology come together: (1) social spheres, (2) education o st
(e
and training and (3) research. This volume represents a bold attempt at con- edn
textualising translation technologies and their applications within a broader s)ch
•
cultural landscape and encourages intellectual reflection on the crucial role
TC
played by technology in the translation profession. rao
nn
sd
lau
tc
Pilar Sánchez-Gijón is a senior lecturer in translation technologies at the Department iontin
of Translation, Interpreting and East Asian Studies at the Universitat Autònoma de Teg R
Barcelona, Spain, where she teaches subjects related to CAT tools, corpus linguistics, ce
hs Pilar Sánchez-Gijón, Olga Torres-Hostench
machine translation and terminology. ne
oa
lorc and Bartolomé Mesa-Lao (eds)
Olga Torres-Hostench is a lecturer in translation at the Department of Translation, gh
Interpreting and East Asian Studies at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain, ie in
where she teaches translation and localisation. s
Bartolomé Mesa-Lao is a research affiliate at the Centre for Research and Innovation
in Translation and Translation Technology, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. He
is also a visiting lecturer at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain, and Università
degli Studi di Genova, Italy, specialising in translation automation.
Peter Lang
www.peterlang.com
Conducting Research in
Translation Technologies
New Trends in Translation Studies
Volume 13
Series Editor:
Dr Jorge Díaz Cintas
Advisory Board:
Professor Susan Bassnett
Dr Lynne Bowker
Professor Frederic Chaume
Professor Aline Remael
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Conducting Research in
Translation Technologies
Pilar Sánchez-Gijón, Olga Torres-Hostench
and Bartolomé Mesa-Lao (eds)
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ISBN 978-3-03-430994-3 (alk. paper)
1. Translating and interpreting--Technological innovations. 2. Translating and
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Contents
List of figures ix
List of tables xiii
pilar sánchez-gijón, olga torres-hostench
and bartolomé mesa-lao
Preface xv
debbie folaron
Foreword 1
Part I Translation technologies in society 17
celia rico
1 T ranslation resources in not-for-profit contexts:
A case for immediacy in humanitarian work 19
félix do carmo and belinda maia
2 S leeping with the enemy? Or should translators work with
Google Translate? 43
miguel ángel candel-mora and laura ramírez polo
3 T ranslation technology in institutional settings:
A decision-making framework for the implementation
of computer-assisted translation systems 71
vi
silvia rodríguez vázquez
4 M aking localised Web content accessible: A collaborative
task between the developer and the localiser 93
Part II Translation technologies in translator training 117
daniel gallego-hernández
5 Business translation training and ad hoc corpora 119
kanglong liu
6 I nvestigating corpus-assisted translation teaching:
A pilot study 141
iulia mihalache and alan bernardi
7 S ocial dynamics in the translation technologies sphere:
Sharing knowledge and learning tools in collaborative
virtual environments 163
rocío baños and pier antonio toto
8 C hallenges and constraints in designing a localisation
module for a multilingual cohort 185
Part III Translation technologies in
Translation Studies research 207
adrià martín-mor and pilar sánchez-gijón
9 D ifferences between translations made with and without
CAT tools: An empirical approach 209
vii
lucía morado vázquez and jesús torres del rey
10 T he relevance of metadata during the localisation process:
An experiment 227
paola valli
11 T he importance of being logged: What tool settings
can reveal about the behaviour of translators’ querying a
concordancer 257
olga torres-hostench and carmen bestué salinas
12 T echnology and e-resources for legal translators:
The LAW10n project 285
Notes on Contributors 307
Index 315
