A Project-Based Approach to Translation Technology provides students of
translation and trainee translators with a real-time translation
experience, with its translation platforms, management systems, and
teamwork.
This book is divided into seven chapters reflecting the building blocks
of a project-based approach to translation technology. The first chapter
identifies the core elements of translation environment tools and
collaborative work methods, while Chapters 2 and 4 review the concept of
translation memory and terminology databases and their purposes. Chapter
3 covers machine translation embedded in the technology, and the other
chapters discuss human and technological quality assurance, digital
ethics and risk management, and web-based translation management
systems. Each chapter follows a common format and ends with
project-based assignments. These assignments draw and build on real-time
contexts, covering the consecutive steps in the workflow of large and
multilingual translation projects.
Reviewing the many translation technology tools available to assist the
translator and other language service providers, this is an
indispensable book for advanced students and instructors of translation
studies, professional translators, and technology tool providers.