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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820075703321

Autore

Cronin Michael <1960-, >

Titolo

Translation in the digital age / / Michael Cronin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-135-10431-X

0-203-07359-2

1-283-86061-9

1-135-10432-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (174 pages)

Collana

New perspectives in translation studies

Disciplina

418/.020285

Soggetti

Translating and interpreting - Technological innovations

Machine translating

Internet

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Translation in the Digital Age; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: the translation age; 1 The house of translation; 2 Plain speaking; 3 Translating limits; 4 Everyware; 5 Details; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

<P>Translation is living through a period of revolutionary upheaval. The effects of digital technology and the internet on translation are continuous, widespread and profound.  From automatic online translation services to the rise of crowdsourced translation and the proliferation of translation Apps for smartphones, the translation revolution is everywhere. The implications for human languages, cultures and society of this revolution are radical and far-reaching. In the Information Age that is the Translation Age, new ways of talking and thinking about translation which take full account of t