ERIC Number: ED596841
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Publication Date: 2019-Jul-26
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Building Bridges Not Walls -- Wikipedia in Translation Studies
McAndrew, Ewan; Campbell, Lorna
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Translation Studies MSc students at the University of Edinburgh take part in a Wikipedia translation assignment as part of their independent study component. The students make use of the free and open encyclopaedia's Content Translation tool which enables them to create translations side-by-side to the original article and automates the process of formatting the page. By providing a more user-friendly experience, translators can focus on creating high-quality content that reads naturally and fluently. Course leaders were keen that the students undertake much-needed published translation practice each semester to bridge the gap between academic study and the world of work ahead of their dissertations. This chapter explains how the project was structured and delivered. [For the complete volume, "New Case Studies of Openness in and beyond the Language Classroom," see ED596829.]
Descriptors: Translation, Web 2.0 Technologies, Collaborative Writing, Web Sites, Course Content, Graduate Students, Masters Programs, Computational Linguistics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries, Course Descriptions, Workshops, Computer Software, Assignments, Outcomes of Education
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Edinburgh)
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