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Teaching computer-assisted translation in the 21st century
Alles hängt mit allem zusammen: Translatologische Interdependenzen. Festschrift für Peter A. Schmitt (2013)
  • Uwe Muegge
Abstract
Offering translation technology courses is easier than it ever was: Cloud-based learning management systems and translation management systems offer educational institution the powerful tools they need to prepare future translation and localization professionals for the demands of the 21st century. In the past, instructors teaching translation technology would use a different application for each educational task: One for the distribution of learning materials, another for collaborative learning, and yet another for testing; not to mention separate terminology management, translation memory, machine translation, and project management tools. In a cloud-based translation technology environment, it is possible to reduce the number of educational software systems to two: an integrated learning management system and an integrated translation management system. In an environment, where both the learning management system and the translation memory system offer a comprehensive feature set, instructors can teach a maximum number of skills with a minimum number of tools. And it deserves repeating that using the right applications, instructors can do all that at almost negligible cost to the institution.
Keywords
  • cloud-based translation,
  • collaborative translation,
  • translation in the cloud,
  • teaching translation in the cloud,
  • teaching collaborative translation,
  • machine translation,
  • cloud-based translation memory system,
  • teaching cloud-based translation memory system,
  • Uwe Muegge
Publication Date
August 1, 2013
Editor
Ende, Anne-Kathrin; Herold, Susann; Weilandt, Annette
Publisher
Frank & Timme
Series
TransÜD. Arbeiten zur Theorie und Praxis des Übersetzens und Dolmetschens
ISBN
978-3-86596-504-2
Citation Information
Uwe Muegge. "Teaching computer-assisted translation in the 21st century" BerlinAlles hängt mit allem zusammen: Translatologische Interdependenzen. Festschrift für Peter A. Schmitt Vol. 59 (2013)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/uwe_muegge/89/