TRA3956- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 28 pages long!)

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Translation
• Course: TRA 3956
• Professor: Maryam Mohammadi Dehcheshmeh

Document Summary

Mt does work in some contexts, it does not in some others. Emergence of other cat tools: technologies are able to help human translators carry out their tasks efficiently. Translation in the era of information and communication technologies. The wonderful thing about modern technology is the amount of communication and information-sharing it facilitates. And the awful thing about modern technology is the amount of communication and information-sharing it facilitates . Icts and lts have changed the way translation is perceived, taught, practised and used. Technology does not necessarily make things better or more efficient. Just as the internal combustion engine created traffic jams, if not global warming, so translation memories, along with machine translation engines and quick online documentation, can extend the list of alternatives only to impede efficiency in selection, undercutting intuition. Requirements by employers to own and master certain tools (sometimes imposed)