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Article published In: APTIF 9 - Reality vs. Illusion: From Morse code to machine translation
Edited by Frans De Laet, In-kyoung Ahn and Joong-chol Kwak
[Babel 66:4/5] 2020
► pp. 867–881

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Prospects for the teaching of translation majors in the new era

 | Shaanxi Normal University
Published online: 2 October 2020
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https://doi.org/10.1075/babel.00179.guo
Abstract
Since entering the new era, the translation model has gradually changed with the widespread application of machine translation technology and the rapid development of a translation industry. The mismatch between the demand of employers and the talents trained by universities has become a major problem facing the translation major nowadays. To this end, we should attach more importance to the readjustment of the existent curriculum; students’ practical ability in translation; grasp of the skill of detecting and correcting machine translation errors; combination of translation and relevant professional knowledge.
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Depuis l’entrée dans la nouvelle ère, le modèle de traduction a progressivement changé avec l’application généralisée des technologies de traduction automatique et le développement rapide de l’industrie de la traduction. Le décalage entre la demande des employeurs et les talents formés par les universités est un problème majeur auquel la traduction est confrontée de nos jours. C’est pourquoi nous devrions accorder plus d’importance au remaniement du programme d’études existant, aux compétences pratiques des étudiants en traduction, à la maîtrise de la capacité à détecter et à corriger les erreurs de la traduction automatique, à la combinaison de la traduction et des connaissances professionnelles pertinentes.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.New challenges in translation teaching in the new era
    • 2.1Rise of machine translation (MT)
    • 2.2Emergence of language service industry
    • 2.3Imperfection of personnel training system
  • 3.Prospects for MTI development
    • 3.1Making full use of open source technology
    • 3.2Founding industry-university-research training model
    • 3.3Forming interdiscipline-oriented cultivation
    • 3.4Improving the set of curriculum
    • 3.5Enhancing MTPE capability
  • 4.Conclusion
  • References
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