Description

By the end of this course, students should be able to: • Differentiate standard references and sources such as monolingual and multi-lingual dictionaries, lexicons, thesauruses, as well as electronic sources. • Assess translation website trustworthiness. • Perform with CAT tools (such as SDL Trados/Wordfast/ MemoQ/ Dejavu) • Develop inter-lingual /cross-cultural competence. • Identify translation memory and machine translation tools. • Defend translation output by adopting a systematic, theoretically-based approach.

Objectives

• This course focuses mainly on introducing learners to modern electronic translation environments and providing practical advice on how translation tools can best be integrated into the translation process. This course will mainly focus on the use of translation memory and terminology management tools throughout all phases of a project from the translator perspective. Students will be introduced to the basics of library and internet research; hands-on study of standard references and sources used by translators. The overlying concepts and lingo required to master most translation technologies as well as the how, why and when of using such tools will be emphasized. Students will also be given the opportunity to utilize CAT software products, such as SDL Trados, in the translation of documents.