Postgraduate Course: Technology and Translation in the Workplace (CLLC11065)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Common Courses (School of Lit, Lang and Cult) |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The Technology and Translation in the Workplace (TTW) course intends to give an understanding of the activity of technical translation and to equip students with the skills and techniques required as professional translators of technical texts. It is primarily taught by professional translators. Classes are primarily practical with an Information Technology element, project-based translation exercises, group work and discussions. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
16/09/2013 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Learning and Teaching Activities |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| At the end of the course the students will have become familiar with the use of IT and computers in translation work. They will also have acquired skills and knowledge required for the activity of technical translation, including the development of certain specialisms, techniques and resources for background research, terminology management, text analysis, and document preparation and production. |
Assessment Information
One 1,500 word essay submitted at the end of week 6 (40%).
One 2,000 word essay submitted at the end of week 11 (60%). |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
Session 1: Introduction to the course. Using the Internet as a Research Tool You will learn to use the Internet as an effective translation research tool (online tools, databases, search engines, newsgroups and mailing lists useful for background research). Extracts from technical texts will provide practical examples of how to make the most of the web when translating.
Sessions 2-7: Translation Memory tools (03&04/10, 10&11/10, 17&18/10 and 24&25/10, 31/10 & 01/11 and 7&8 Nov) You will work with different computer assisted translation tools (Trados, and Déjà vu) used in the translation industry. The sessions offer hands-on experience in translation using translation memory tools and include issues such as text segmentation, text alignment, handling matches, terminology management and the ethics of sharing memory tools with agencies.
Week 8-10: Audiovisual Translation (Subtitling) The first session will introduce the various AVT modes, with an emphasis on subtitling to prepare you for the two practical sessions. The two practical sessions will deal with the technical and creative skills specific to subtitling. Through the use of subtitling software, you will get an insight into the space/time constraints that affect this type of translation. We will also look into the subtitling job market, covering the different media where subtitles are used (TV, cinema, DVD, corporate video, games, etc.) |
| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
Austermühl, Frank (2001) Electronic Tools for Translators, Manchester: St. Jerome.
Bastin, Georges L. (2007) Profession Traducteur, Montréal: Presses de l'Université de Montréal.
Benis, Michael, Translation Memory from O to R, online at http://www.transref.org/
Benis, Michael. How the memory measured up, http://transref.org/default.asp?docsrc=/u-articles/Benis4.asp
Berneking Steve and Scott S. Elliott (eds) (2008) Translation and the Machine: Technology, Meaning, Praxis, Roma: Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura.
Bowker, Lynn (2002) Computer-aided translation technology: A practical introduction, Ottowa: University of Ottowa Press.
Byrne, Jody (2006) Technical translation. Usability strategies for translating technical documentation, Dordrecht: Springer.
Chiew Kin Quah (2006), Translation and Technology, Palgrave Macmillan.
Declercq, Christophe (2009), Video interview on CAT tools, Jostrans 11: http://www.jostrans.org/issue11/int_declercq.phpn
Díaz Cintas, Jorge (1999) 'Dubbing or Subtitling: The Eternal Dilemma', Perspectives: Studies in Translatology 7(1):31-40.
Díaz Cintas, J. (2003) "Audiovisual translation in the third millennium", in Anderman, Gunilla & Margaret Rogers (eds).Translation Today. Trends and Perspectives. Clevedon, Buffalo, Toronto, Sydney: Multilingual Matters Ltd, 192-204.
Díaz-Cintas, Jorge and Aline Remael (2007) Audiovisual Translation: Subtitling, Manchester: St. Jerome Publishing.
Esselink, B. (2000) A Practical Guide to Localization, Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins [item available as an e-book]
Esselink, B. (2000a) 'Documentation Translation - Reviewing Documentation', in A Practical Guide to Localization, Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins: 315-321 [item available as an e-book].
Fiederer R., O'Brien S. (2009), Quality and Machine Translation: A realistic objective? Jostrans 11: 52-74: http://www.jostrans.org/issue11/art_fiederer_obrien.pdf
Fulford, H. and Granell-Zafra, J. (2003) 'Internet Skills and Translation: Training Freelance Translators to Explore, Exploit and Evaluate the Potential of Web-Based Resources', in Internet in Linguistics, Translation and Literary Studies, Posteguillo, S., Ortells, E., Ramon, J., Bolanos, A. and Alcina, A. (eds), Universitat Jaume 1, Castellon: 223-239.
Fulford H., Granell-Zafra J. (2005), Translation and Technology: a Study of UK Freelance Translators. Jostrans 4: 2-17 http://www.jostrans.org/issue04/art_fulford_zafra.php
Garcia, I (2005), Long term memories: Trados and TM turn 20. Jostrans 4: 18-31
http://www.jostrans.org/issue04/art_garcia.pdf
Garcia, Ignacio (2007). 'Power Shifts in Web-based Translation Memory' in Machine Translation, issue 21: 55-68, online at: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/30219110 [accessed 05/04/2012].
García, Ignacio (2009). 'Beyond Translation Memory: Computers and the Professional Translator' in JosTrans, issue 12: 199-214, online at: http://www.jostrans.org/issue12/art_garcia.php [accessed 05/04/2012].
Gouadec, Daniel (2010) Translation as a Profession, Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Hartley, Tony (2009) 'Technology and Translation' in Munday, Jeremy (ed) (2009) The Routledge Companion of Translation Studies, London & New York: Routledge: 106-127.
Heyn, Matthias (1998) 'Translation Memories: Insights and Prospects', in Lynne Bowker et al (eds.) Unity in Diversity? Manchester: St. Jerome, 123-136.
Kastberg, P. (2007) Cultural Issues Facing the Technical Translator, JoSTrans 8: 104-109. http://www.jostrans.org/issue08/art_kastberg.pdf
Mossop, Brian (2001) Revising and Editing for Translators, Manchester: St. Jerome.
O'Brien, Sharon (2002) 'Practical Experience of Computer-Aided Translation Tools in the Software Localization Industry', in Bowker et. al., 115-22
Pym, A. (2010) What Technology Does To Translation, Intercultural Studies Group, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, online at http://www.tinet.cat/~apym/on-line/translation/2010_technology.pdf
Raley, Rita (2010) 'Machine Translation and Global English' in Baker, Mona (ed) (2010) Critical Readings in Translation Studies, London & New York: Routledge, 417-434.
Robinson, Douglas (1997) Becoming a Translator: An Accelerated Course, London: Routledge.
Robinson, Douglas (2003) Becoming a Translator: An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Translation, Manchester: St. Jerome.
Somers, Harold (2003) (ed.) Computers and Translation: A Translator's Guide, Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Sprung, Robert (2000) (ed.) Translating into Success: Cutting Edge Strategies for Going Multilingual in a Global Age, Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Useful links
Theses and academic reports on terminology: http://termcoord.wordpress.com/terminology-tools/thesis-on-terminology/
Special issue of JoStrans on terminology, phraseology and translation (July 2012):
http://www.jostrans.org/issue18/issue18_toc.php
The Localisation Industry Standards Association Official Website: http://www.lisa.org/
Directorate General for Translation of the European Commission, Translating for a Multilingual Community (2002, 2004 eds) http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/translation/publications/brochures/translating_eu_brochure_en.pdf
Directorate General for Translation of the European Commission, Translation Tools and Workflow (2002, 2004 eds) http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/translation/bookshelf/tools_and_workflow_en.pdf
http://www.port.ac.uk/research/translation/talkingwiththetranslators/
TC World - An online journal devoted to translation issues: http://www.tcworld.info/index.php?id=23
Ostler, Nicholas, The Last Lingua Franca: The Rise and Fall of World Languages (Penguin, 2011)
Cronin, Michael (2003) Translation and Globalization, Routledge.
Wu, Timothy (2010)The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires, Atlantic Books.
Slightly more technical/practical material in blogs etc.
AQText Translation Services http://aqtext.com/blog/google-translate/. Last viewed 3rd January 2012. A blog entry on the copyright pitfalls of using Google's translation services.
Raya, R., Reduce translation time and effort with the aid of XML standards, online at http://www.maxprograms.com/articles/tmx.html#Resources. Last viewed 3rd January 2012. A good article to read if you're interested in how TM matching Works.
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords | TTW |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Charlotte Bosseaux
Tel: (0131 6)51 3735
Email: Charlotte.Bosseaux@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Sarah Harvey
Tel: (0131 6)51 1822
Email: Sarah.Harvey@ed.ac.uk |
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