Computers and translation : a translator's guide / / edited by Harold Somers

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910812025303321
• Autore: Somers H. L
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, 2003
• ISBN: 1-282-16136-9; 9786612161360; 90-272-9669-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 349 p. : ill
• Collana: Benjamins translation library, , 0929-7316 ; ; v. 35
• Altri autori (Persone): SomersH. L
• Disciplina: 418/.02/0285
• Soggetti: Machine translating; Translating and interpreting
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Computers and Translation -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC page -- Dedication page -- Table of contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2. The translator's workstation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3. Translation memory systems -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4. Terminology tools for translators -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5. Localisation and translation -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6. Translation technologies and minority languages -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7. Corpora and the translator -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 8. Why translation is difficult for computers -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 9. The relevance of linguistics for machine translation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 10. Commercial systems -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 11. Inside commercial machine translation -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 12. Going live on the internet -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 13. How to evaluate machine translation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 14. Controlled language for authoring and translation -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 15. Sublanguage -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 16. Post-editing -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 17. Machine translation ; in the classroom -- Notes -- References -- Key to exercises -- Index -- The BENJAMINS TRANSLATION LIBRARY.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume is about computers and translation. It is not, however, a Computer Science book, nor does it have much to say about Translation Theory. Rather it is a book for translators and other professional linguists (technical writers, bilingual secretaries, language teachers even), which aims at clarifying, explaining and exemplifying the impact that computers have had and are having on their profession. It is about Machine Translation (MT), but it is also about Computer-Aided (or -Assisted) Translation (CAT), computer-based resources for translators, the past, present and future of translator.