Translation technologies
Scope, tools and resources
Published online: 26 May 2008
https://doi.org/10.1075/target.20.1.05alc
https://doi.org/10.1075/target.20.1.05alc
Translation technologies constitute an important new field of interdisciplinary study lying midway between computer science and translation, and its professional development will largely depend on the attention it is given from the academic point of view. In this paper different approaches to the subject are examined so as to provide us with a basis for an internal analysis of the field of translation technologies and to structure its content. Following criteria based on professional practice and on the idiosyncrasies of the computer tools and resources that play a part in translation activity, we present our definition of translation technologies and of the field, classified in five blocs.
Résumé
Les technologies de la traduction constituent une importante discipline nouvelle pour la recherche interdisciplinaire qui se situe à mi-chemin entre l’informatique et les études de traduction. Leur développement professionnel dépendra largement de l’attention dont elles bénéficieront dans le milieu académique. L’article examine différentes approches du sujet, procurant ainsi une base pour une analyse interne du champ des technologies de la traduction et pour une structuration de son contenu. En adoptant des critères inspirés de la pratique professionnelle et du caractère idiosyncratique des instruments et ressources informatiques mis en œuvre dans l’activité traductive, nous proposons une définition des technologies de la traduction ainsi qu’une structuration en cinq blocs du champ disciplinaire.
Article outline
- Introduction
- Different approaches to structuring the computer applications related to translation
- The degree of automation in the translation process
- The point at which the tools are used in the translation process
- The level of knowledge about computing required
- Technology’s relationship to translation
- The dimension of translation to which the computer tool is applied
- Discussion on the different proposals
- Defining the limits of the field and criteria for selecting its content
- Selection of materials suited to the translation process
- Classification criteria
- Characteristics of the classification
- Classification of translation technology tools and resources
- Conclusions
- Notes
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