This book explores the impact of applying computer-assisted (CAT) tools in freelance translation toward better understanding translators’ strategies, preferences, and challenges in using new technologies and identifying areas of enhancement in translator training.
The volume offers a brief overview of the latest developments in technology in translation, examining such issues as the effect on the translation process and the dynamics of the translator-technology interaction. Drawing on data from a study with active translators in Poland, Pietrzak and Kornacki examine the underlying factors underpinning translators’ lack of engagement with these tools, including such issues as prevailing pre-conceptions around technology and limited knowledge hindering the most efficacious use of these resources and the subsequent impact on translator identity. Taken together, the book brings together these insights to help pinpoint freelance translators’ needs more effectively and adapt training programmes accordingly.
The volume will be of interest to scholars in translation studies with an interest in process and technology as well as active translators.
This book explores the impact of applying computer-assisted (CAT) tools in freelance translation toward better understanding translators’ strategies, preferences, and challenges in using new technologies and identifying areas of enhancement in translator training.
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| Introduction |
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| Overview of the Book |
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| Introduction |
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1 Contemporary Freelance Translation Market |
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1.1 Freelance Translation as a Profession |
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2 Application of Technology in the Process of Translation |
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2.1 Typology of Translation Technology |
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2.2 Translator-Technology (TT) Interaction Modes |
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3 Freelance Translator Profile |
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3.1 Freelance Translator Competence |
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3.2 Users and Non-Users of CAT Tools |
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3.3 Technological Toolkit |
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4 Technological Evolution in Translation |
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4.1 Key Developments in CAT Technology and Their Effects on the Translator's Work |
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4.2 Negative Impact of CAT Technology on the Process and Product |
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4.3 Cognitive Aspects of TT Interaction |
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4.4 Impact of CAT Technology and TT Interaction on Translator's Metacognition |
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4.5 Technology-Related Anxiety in Freelance Translation |
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5 Current Trends in the Use of CAT Tools in Freelance Translation |
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5.1 The Methodology Behind the Study on CAT Users and Non-Users |
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5.2 Attitudes Towards the Study |
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6 Analysis of the Findings |
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6.1 Sample Characteristics |
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6.6 Reasons for Using or Not Using CAT Tools |
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7.2 Reluctance to Use CAT Technology |
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7.3 Implications for Translator Training |
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7.4 Implications for Translation Software Developers |
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| References |
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Paulina Pietrzak is Assistant Professor of Linguistics and, since 2008, has been affiliated with the University of ód, Poland. She completed her Ph.D. on translator education and developing translation competence. She teaches general and LSP translation and interpreting in the Department of Translation Studies. She is a freelance translator and interpreter. Her main research interests include translator training, medical translation, and metacognitive aspects of translator competence development.
Micha Kornacki is Assistant Professor of Linguistics, affiliated with the University of ód, Poland. A translator and an academic teacher, Micha completed his PhD on translator training in a computer-assisted translation (CAT) environment. He teaches general, computer-assisted and audiovisual translation. Michas research focuses on the use of technology in translator training, as well as metacognitive aspects of translator competence development. He is responsible for CAT programme at the Insitute of English Studies, University of Lodz. Since 2017, he is a Certified Trainer of Memsource.
