Mapping new translation practices into translation training: promoting collaboration through community-based localization platforms

Crowdsourcing and collaborative translation, activities emerging on the translation scene recently, are playing an increasingly important role in the world of professional translation and in the localization industry. This article focuses on a study carried out to analyze the perception of a group o...

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Autor: Sánchez Ramos, María del Mar|||0000-0001-5684-1552
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repositorio:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/50748
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10017/50748
https://dx.doi.org/10.1075/babel.00114.san
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Collaborative translation
Localization
Translation technology
Translator training
Traduction collaborative
Localisation
Technologie de la traduction
Formation de traducteur
Filología
Philology
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Sumario:Crowdsourcing and collaborative translation, activities emerging on the translation scene recently, are playing an increasingly important role in the world of professional translation and in the localization industry. This article focuses on a study carried out to analyze the perception of a group of translator trainees regarding these new translation practices. A total of 20 undergraduate students participated in the research and were asked to perform a collaborative localization task using an online collaborative platform. Data subjected to a quantitative and qualitative analysis suggest that online collaborative translation tasks enhance students? motivation towards collaborative translation and help consolidate their technical knowledge about specific localization tools and files.