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Translation technology and learner performance: Professionally-oriented translation quality assessment with three translation technologies

Year: 2017

Type: book-chapter

Abstract: This chapter examines how a three-dimensional translation quality assessment grid (based on error type, effect and criticality) can be used to assess student translation performance with three different tools (standalone TM system, speech recognition and post-edited machine translation). The study was professionally-oriented, using a technical English-language source text, short deadlines for completion of each translation, and professional quality criteria. Group and individual performance in the translation of five 500-word extracts were assessed for quality and efficiency, with and without translation tools, using our assessment grid. The factors affecting group and individual performance and possible correlations between tool and performance were studied. The potential usefulness of the grid as a fine-grained training and professional assessment tool is discussed.

Source: Benjamins translation library

Parent work: Translation in Transition: Between Cognition, Computing and Technology

DOI: 10.1075/btl.133.08mor

Authors: Katell Hernandez Morin, Franck Barbin, Fabienne Moreau, Daniel Toudic, Gaëlle Phuez-Favris

Institutions: Université Rennes 2, Linguistique Ingénierie et Didactique des Langues

Language: English

Topic: Translation Studies and Practices

Subfield: Language and Linguistics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: green