scholarly journals Translator Education at a Crossroads:the Impact of Automation

2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Begoña Rodríguez de Céspedes

Abstract Automation is affecting all spheres of our daily lives and humans are adapting both to the challenges that it poses and the benefits that it brings. The translation profession has also experienced the impact of new technologies with Language Service Providers adapting to changes (Presas/Cid-Leal/Torres-Hostench 2016; Sakamoto/Rodríguez de Céspedes/Evans/Berthaud 2017). Translation trainers are not oblivious to this phenomenon. There have indeed been efforts to incorporate the teaching of digital translation tools and new technologies in the translation classroom (Doherty/Kenny/Way 2012; Doherty/Moorkens 2013; Austermühl 2013; O’Hagan 2013; Gaspari/Almaghout/Doherty 2015; Moorkens 2017) and many translation programmes in Europe are adapting their curricula to incorporate this necessary technological competence (Rothwell/Svoboda 2017). This paper reflects on the impact that automation and, more specifically machine translation and computer assisted tools, have and will have on the future training of translators and on the balance given by translation companies to language and technological skills.

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (Extra-C) ◽  
pp. 714-721
Author(s):  
Zulfiya Akhatovna Usmanova ◽  
Ekaterina Nikolayevna Zudilova ◽  
Pavel Alekseevich Arkatov ◽  
Nataliaya Grigorievna Vitkovskaya ◽  
Ekaterina Vladimirovna Kravets

The main specificity of the modern translation market is the translation of large volumes of technical texts and business documents in the shortest time possible. The purpose of the study is to conduct an experiment on the impact of machine translation systems (in terms of using term bases) on the efficiency of future translators. The study provides a literature review on the problem under study and presents the advantages of computer-assisted translation tools in translation practice. Based on the experimental study, the analysis of the influence of computer-assisted translation tools on the quality of written translations of student translators was carried out.


The evolution in technology has become now a strategic choice to develop every organization and its existence in the future. The tourism industry is not an exception. This study highlights the development of technologies and the impact of their integration in the field of tourism. Furthermore, it discusses their influence on the quality of the touristic products. This study focuses on how does the emerging technology can improve the tourism industry, and the most usable information systems that are used in this domain. The purposed model has been designed to investigate the effect of adopting the technology among tourism agencies. A sample of 72 tourism agencies in Jordan has been surveyed and discussed by using structural equation modeling. The results reveal that efficiency, productivity, profitability, effectiveness, and marketing are improved after employing new technologies. Therefore, it can be concluded that the integration of technology in tourism is unavoidable for the continued existence of service providers in the market.


Author(s):  
Siddegowda C. J. ◽  
A. Jayanthila Devi

Purpose: Information technology has influenced every part of life, including work. Technology's incorporation into our daily lives has made living far simpler and more convenient. As a result, the assumptions were to assess the influence of new technology on the pharmaceutical sector, both favourable and negative. The goal of the research is to determine the importance and effect of the technology that are designed in the pharmaceutical sector. The pharmaceutical industry started to implement the IT techniques that can help patient care and also in storage the data of the patient. This paper concentrate on the various implemented technology in the pharmacy field also the current using techniques, and determining the future trends in the pharmacy fields. And finally discussing about the impact in the pharmacy industry. Objectives: To study the role of Information Technology used in Pharmacy industry, and view on various techniques used in pharmaceutical sector. Methodology/Design/Approach: The analysis and the application used in the pharmacy sector are done by referring various research paper, articles. A Literature Survey is done. Findings/Result: Pharmacy started to use the latest technology that can help patientcare. The use new technology and the impact of it are discussed. Originality/value: Based on the secondary data available, the paper focus on the new technologies and impact of pharmacy sector. Type of the Paper: Review paper.


Proceedings ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
Bianca Han

This paper reflects the technology-induced novelty of translation, which is perceived as a bridge between languages and cultures. We debate the extent to which the translation process maintains its specificity in the light of the new technology-enhanced working methods ensured by a large variety of Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT) and Machine Translation (MT) tools that aim to enhance the process, which includes the translation itself, the translator, the translation project manager, the linguist, the terminologist, the reviewer, and the client. This paper also hints at the topic from the perspective of the translation teacher, who needs to provide students with transversal competencies that are suitable for the digital area, supported by the ability to tackle Cloud-based translation tools, in view of Industry 4.0 requirements.


2018 ◽  
Vol 108 (09) ◽  
pp. 611-616
Author(s):  
S. F. Schäfer ◽  
U. Bracht

Zukünftige Antriebstechnologien sowie neue Fabrik- und Logistikkonzepte verändern die Rahmenbedingungen der Automobilproduktion grundlegend. Schon heute muss die Strukturlayoutplanung Innovationen und Unsicherheiten in Form von mehr Varianten, abgestimmt in sehr kurzer Zeit, durch die Einbeziehung von weiteren Know-how-Trägern berücksichtigen. Neue Herausforderungen, wie die Planung der Batteriefertigungen, müssen schnell und intuitiv gelöst werden. Einen Beitrag dafür liefert dieser Artikel.   Future technologies in automotive mobility as well as new factory and logistic concepts are changing the framework in car production. Innovations and uncertainties (e. g. the impact of new technologies) have to be taken in consideration for the factory of the future. New tasks, such as planning the assembly of batteries, need to be solved fast and intuitively. This paper presents an approach to this topic.


Author(s):  
Jayati Das-Munshi ◽  
Tamsin Ford ◽  
Matthew Hotopf ◽  
Martin Prince ◽  
Robert Stewart

In this final chapter to the second edition of Practical Psychiatric Epidemiology, developments in psychiatric epidemiology since the first edition are summarized and the editors offer a view on where the future may lie. The themes summarized in this chapter include those related to large-scale datasets or ‘big data’, new technologies and science communication (including data generated through GPS tracking systems and the impact of social media), expanding biological data and biobanks, as well as the impact of globalization, migration, and culture on understanding psychiatric epidemiological principles. The last part of this chapter raises the important issue of open science initiatives. The chapter concludes with a brief discussion on the constancy and ongoing evolution of psychiatric epidemiology.


2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (3-4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Leibert ◽  
Sophie Golinski

Demographic change is an uneven spatial process in Germany. Depopulation and ageing have become pressing issues in most rural regions. In connection with low population densities and the financial difficulties of municipalities and service providers in rural regions, these demographic trends have led to a discussion about the future provision of services of general interest and – more broadly – the postulate of equal living conditions which was for a long time the basic principle of spatial development in Germany. In this paper, we argue that the peripheralisation approach is a helpful tool to better understand how interaction of out-migration, dependence, disconnection and stigmatisation shape the future of rural regions. We also discuss the impact of peripheralisation on the development and implementation of adaptation strategies. Based on the 3R-model (retrenchment, repositioning, reorganisation), we argue that adaptation strategies can reinforce (retrenchment) peripheralisation processes, but also serve as groundwork for the formulation of policies aiming at de-peripheralisation.


2021 ◽  
pp. 91-102
Author(s):  
James E. Herring

School librarians and school libraries have been affected by a number of changes over the past decade. Development in leaming, such as the development of information skills programs; in teaching, such as the greater use of learning resources by teachers; and in technology, such as the availability of electronic information resources such as the Internet; have all affected the nature of the school librarian's work. Taking a holistic view of schools, it can be seen that developments in these areas have been the focus of research of a number of related disciplines. Researchers in the area of learning have sought to identify the impact of new technologies on the learning process in schools. Researchers in IT in education have studied the increasing sophistication of computer assisted learning packages and school networks. Researchers in educational administration have examined the potential impact of IT of improved record keeping and information management in schools.Researchers in school librarianship have examined the growth of information skills/literacy programmes in schools as well as the growth in the range of electronic information resources such as CO-ROMs, online databases and the Internet This paper proposes that these disciplines could usefully contribute to a new discipline entitled school informatics which would examine the impact of new technologies on leaming and teaching from a perspective which seeks to examine how learning and teaching can be improved in schools by the integon of related but as yet separate aspects of IT in today's schools. The central focus of school infomatics should be on learning in the classroom, in the school library and elsewhere and not on individual advances in technology. This paper outlines a vision for school infomatics and the relation of that vision to learning, teaching, information resources and information technology in schools. A research study of 2 UK schools' views on intranet developments is induded in the paper.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrián Fuentes-Luque ◽  
Alexandra Santamaría Urbieta

Computer-assisted translation tools are increasingly supplemented by the presence of machine translation (MT) in different areas and working environments, from technical translation to translation in international organizations. MT is also present in the translation of tourism texts, from brochures to food menus, websites and tourist guides. Its need or suitability for use is the subject of growing debate. This article presents a comparative analysis of tourist guides translated by a human translator and three machine translation systems. The aims are to determine a first approach to the level of quality of machine translation in tourist texts and to establish whether some tourist texts can be translated using machine translation alone or whether human participation is necessary, either for the complete translation of the text or only for post-editing tasks.


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