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Sijia Chen; Jan-Louis Kruger – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2024
Following a preliminary study that examined the potential effectiveness of a computer-assisted consecutive interpreting (CACI) mode, this paper presents a further trial of the CACI workflow. The workflow involves respeaking using speech recognition (SR) in phase I and production assisted by the SR text and its machine translation (MT) output in…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Artificial Intelligence, Translation, Speech Communication
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Whyatt, Boguslawa; Witczak, Olga; Tomczak, Ewa – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2021
Effective information behaviour is crucial in all translation competence models but our understanding of how information skills develop and how translators interact with information found in online resources is still limited. In this article we focus on information behaviour (needs and use) of bidirectional translators who frequently translate…
Descriptors: Translation, Information Needs, Information Utilization, Native Language
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Torres-Simón, Ester; Pieta, Hanna; Bueno Maia, Rita; Xavier, Catarina – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2021
In order to translate and be translated, low-diffusion languages often use strategies that differ from those used by widely spoken languages and therefore create particular challenges for translators. One such strategy is indirect translation (including also relay interpreting). Since there are conflicting opinions about this practice within the…
Descriptors: Translation, Teaching Methods, Language Processing, Uncommonly Taught Languages
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Yuan, Rongjie – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2022
Material development is important for training beginner student interpreters, as it guides the direction of interpreting learning. One key principle is difficulty progression, which requires a good knowledge of the indicators of difficulty. Since text structure outweighs words and sentences in the information processing of consecutive…
Descriptors: Translation, Oral Language, Language Processing, Memory
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Liu, Yanmei; Zheng, Binghan – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2022
This study investigates the comparability of three parallel translation tasks selected from a College English Test Band-6 (CET-6) and explores the major linguistic features contributing to translation difficulty. Data obtained from the participants' subjective rating, eye-tracking, and performance evaluation were triangulated to measure the…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Translation, Difficulty Level, Language Processing
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Albir, Amparo Hurtado; Galán-Mañas, Anabel; Kuznik, Anna; Olalla-Soler, Christian; Rodríguez-Inés, Patricia; Romero, Lupe – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2020
This issue provides a study on translation competence acquisition (TCA). The study consisted of an TCA experiment involving 129 first to fourth year trainee translators and recent graduates. The experiment was conducted in November 2011, when the first-year subjects had just begun their degree course; the graduates had completed their studies in…
Descriptors: Translation, Second Languages, Language Processing, Language Usage