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Multilingual Information Management

Elisa FerrariFlorencia LuizziSofía León

Technology and translation

"translations need to be done ever more quickly, much more efficiently, and at a high quality."

Schäffner

Discussion about CAT tools

Usually emotionally charged

They see the technology as a threat to their jobs

Tools to Support Translators

Tools to Support Translators

Proliferation of personal computers

Turning point for translators

It multiplied the resourcesIt increased their productivity and quality of their workIt improved the ways of communicationIt improved the ways of transfering information

Translation Tools

"CAT tools"

"Translation tools"

refers to all the different terms given to all the computer and Internet-based resources supporting the translation process.

specific set of computer applications designed to assist translators in producing faster and consistent translations

Translation MemoryTM

It's a database that stores previously translated sentences

Retrieved via "Fuzzy matching"

Pre-translated sentences

Prevents or eliminates repetitive, time consuming work

Only some parts of the sentences need to be translated

Terminology Management Tool

A program that catalogues words and phrases and any pertinent related information in a database

Store and retrieve terms- to ensure greater consistency- to improve quality in the use of terminology during a project

Main purpose

Origin and evolution of Translation Tools

MT (Machine Translation): a software for automatic translation, where input units are full sentences of one natural language and the output units are corresponding full sentences of another language.FAMT (Fully Automated MachineTranslation)slowerless accuratetwice as expensive as human translation

FAMT

CAT tools

The translator's workstation

Human and machine translation

Fully Automatic High Quality Translation(FAHQT)

Human-Aided Machine Translation(HAMT)

Machine-Aided Human Translation (MAHT)

Traditional Human Translation(HM)

Computer-Assisted Translation(CAT)

CAT tools and freelance translators

Core translation activities

"Core translation" activites: document production, managing terminology, storing and retrieving segments of previously translated text and automated translation.Micro businesses/ freelance translator workflow: budgeting, pricing, hardware and software acquisition, customer service, document management, marketing functions)There hasn't been any insight into the actual technology used in the freelance community.

The eCoLoRe Translation Memory Survey (Höcker)

2003

208 members of German and British professional institutes of translators (TM users)Aim: investigate training issues deriving from use of TM systems.Results: high uptake of TM (64%) with different degrees of usage.

Studies on the matter

Fulford and Granell-Zafra

2004-2005

2006

439 UK translators, most of which were freelancersAim:Uptake and perceptions of tools and language resourcesStrategiesImpacts .Results:Widespread adoption of general-purpose software applicationsLimited uptake of translation-specific softwaresLack of familiarity

19 adopters and 34 non-adopters of TM and terminology management tools.Aim:Factors driving the adoption of these toolsImpact on translators' performance.Results:Adopters side: perceived advantages of the toolsNon-adopters side: perceived difficulty of learning to use the tools and positive impacts of adopting CAT tools.

Dillon and fraser

2006

59 UK-based translators belonging to professional institutesAim:Perceptions of TM among individual professional translatorsResults:Higher rate of TM use among most experienced practitionersPoor levels of TM adoptionLack of familiarity

translation memory survey(lagoudaki)

2006

785 translators from 54 countries (most freelancers)Online surveyAim:Insights into users' perspective of TMReporting on the work practices related to TM toolsFactors that affect TM useResults:Higher use of TM (82.5%)Openness of the sample of the study.

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Presentación Herramientas Informáticas by Sofía León on Genially

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Multilingual Information Management Elisa FerrariFlorencia LuizziSofía León Technology and translation "translations need to be done ever more quickly, much more efficiently, and at a high quality."