On Technological Turn of Translation Studies: Evidences and Influences

Zhang, Chengzhi; Cai, Hui

doi:10.17507/jltr.0602.25

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“…El espacio académico de los Estudios de Traducción puede ignorar este cambio ecológico (y esa sería, desde luego, una opción legítima), pero quizás también podría intentar «digerirlo» y considerarlo una oportunidad para reconsiderar su propia relación con la realidad. Sería incluso tentador declarar que ha empezado un nuevo turno (Cronin, 2010;O'Hagan, 2013;Zhang & Cai, 2015), como ocurre con frecuencia en nuestro campo cuando una nueva etiqueta cobra presencia por acumulación, a partir del trabajo colectivo, o es sugerida directamente por uno o varios estudiosos de prestigio. Así, en sintonía con el contexto que más arriba presentábamos, Cronin (2010) describe este turno como «the result of significant shifts in the way in which translation is carried out in the contemporary world», y esos cambios implican «that conventional understandings of what constitutes translation and the position of the translator be systematically re-examined.» Por otro lado, el tipo de asuntos a los que Cronin alude se corresponden bastante bien con la descripción que Chesterman (2009) propone para una Sociología de los Traductores (Sociology of Translators) una rama de unos Translator Studies, que se ocuparían de «such issues as the status of (different kinds of) translators in different cultures, rates of pay, working conditions, role models and the translator's habitus, professional organizations, accreditation systems, translators' networks, copyright, and so on».…”

Section: Algunas Sugerencias Para Reconsiderar El Papel De Las Tecnolunclassified

Algunas consideraciones sobre el papel de las tecnologías en los Estudios de Traducción y en la formación de traductores

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2019

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Con el empuje de la digitalización y de las tecnologías de la traducción, la industria asociada ha alcanzado un notable nivel de madurez. Como consecuencia, las condiciones laborales de los traductores, así como su consideración social, han cambiado. El autor sugiere que, dado que esos cambios probablemente permanecerán o incluso se incrementarán en el futuro, los Estudios de Traducción deben tenerlos en cuenta y reconsiderar algunas posiciones tradicionales, especialmente en lo que se refiere a la formación de traductores.

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Algunas consideraciones sobre el papel de las tecnologías en los Estudios de Traducción y en la formación de traductores

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2019

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“…Translation theories were shaped under three main paradigms, which are: linguistic turn, cultural turn and sociological turn (Hornby, 2006). Even though it wasn't accepted by all researchers in the discipline, technological turn has recently shaped nearly all applied sub-branches of translation studies (Zhang & Cai, 2015). Being closely-related with translation technologies, localization has been regarded as a significant paradigm shift in translation by Pym (2009).…”

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Translation Technologies: A Dilemma Between Translation Industry and Academia

Bakul¹

2016

ijla

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Today, physical and virtual borders are shrinking thanks to technology whose footprints are greater and faster than one can imagine. Beyond the shadow of a doubt, technology is associated with the areas for which it offers solutions such as education technologies, health technologies and translation technologies. Nowadays using translation technologies is somehow a necessity rather than a choice in professional settings due to the strict deadlines of translation briefs. Also, translation technologies are indispensable components of translator education programs whose main purpose is to prepare qualified and well-trained fellows for translation sector. This research asserts that translation technologies were addressed by translation theories even before the advent of translation industry. However, it is a well-known fact that theoretical translation studies did not focus on translation technologies very much. Thus academics working in translation studies discipline have been criticized by translation sector for a long time. This study illustrates the contributions of translation theories to the development of translation technologies. Besides, this paper will discuss some specific points of translation theories indicating the infrastructure and functions of translation technologies. Finally, it is argued that some specific issues related to both the development and teaching of translation technologies can be better understood if the teaching practices of translation theories are considered in depth.

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“…This growth has also influenced the translation field, moving it to a technological level to suit the pace of modern living. With the continuous demands on translating volumes of content into different languages (Zhang & Cai, 2015); it is hard for human translators to accomplish the task in short duration of time. This prompted machine translation (MT) which supplemented translation speed and assisted translators in their tasks.…”

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Saudi Translation Agencies and Translation Centers: A Study of Post-Editing Practices

Alshehri¹,

Alowedi²

2023

WJEL

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This qualitative research aims to investigate and analyze the practice of post-editing activity in Saudi translation agencies and translation centers. The study’s focus is on the importance of post-editing Machine Translation (MT) output as an approach to upgrade the quality of MT results to enhance the accuracy of translations. The study data were collected through an electronic survey (questionnaire) comprising short questions about post-editing practice and guidelines in addition to their knowledge about post-editing certification programs. The participants in this study were 18 professional translators working in certified translation agencies and translation centers across different universities between Jeddah, Dammam, and Riyadh cities. The results of the study showed that the participants post-edited the MT outputs in their tasks and recognized the importance of being aware of post-editing standards and guidelines. Further, the findings demonstrated that the majority of the participants used machine translation tools. Finally, they were positively disposed about post-editing certification programs to take employment as post-editors. Based on the results of this study, it is recommended to analyze the state of post-editing in Saudi Arabia on a larger sample to investigate the attitudes of Saudi translation students towards practicing post-editing of MT outputs, and analyzing the activity of post-editing MT in specialized texts by Saudi professional translators.

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On Technological Turn of Translation Studies: Evidences and Influences

Cited by 11 publications

References 3 publications

Algunas consideraciones sobre el papel de las tecnologías en los Estudios de Traducción y en la formación de traductores

Algunas consideraciones sobre el papel de las tecnologías en los Estudios de Traducción y en la formación de traductores

Translation Technologies: A Dilemma Between Translation Industry and Academia

Saudi Translation Agencies and Translation Centers: A Study of Post-Editing Practices

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