THE NATIONAL NETWORK FOR TRANSLATION

THE NATIONAL NETWORK FOR TRANSLATION

www.routesintolanguages.ac.uk/translationroutes-nnt@salford.ac.uk

Translation and new technologies

IT has transformed the role of the translator.

From this:

and this…

…and this…

…to this!

Far-reaching implications:

Changes to the way that translators:

•Research•Write•Communicate with clients•Market themselves

Research

• Term banks• Google (e.g. Google Images)• Wikipedia• Email distribution lists• Translation memory (who owns it

anyway?)

Writing…

From pen……to typewriter……to keyboard……to Dragon Naturally Speaking…?

Translation memory – fuzzy matchesFormat conversion (e.g. pdfs, e.g. for Japanese-English translation)

Communication with clients

• Email• Dropboxes• Cloud computing • F2F?• Roles changing: crowdsourcing…

Marketing services

LinkedInProzFacebookTwitter…???

Whither outsourcing?

New skills:

Translator or…

•Terminologist?•Localiser?•Copywriter? •Transcreator?•Project manager?

New training implications

1) What are we training students to do?

2) How are we training students to do it?

New training implications

1)What are we training students to do?

Post-edit? Use Google Translate?Set up their own business?Negotiate rates?Play well with others?Write great copy?

New training implications

2) How are we training students to do it?

Distance learningWebinarsCPDOn the job?

New possibilities for promotionMaking the profession more visible:

Film (can translation go viral?)Communities: No Peanuts for TranslatorsLinguistlounge?