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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828021603321

Autore

Depraetere Ilse <1964->

Titolo

Perspectives on translation quality / / by Ilse Depraetere

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston, : De Gruyter Mouton, c2011

ISBN

1-283-40250-5

9786613402509

3-11-025988-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (284 p.)

Collana

Text, translation, computational processing ; ; 9

Classificazione

ES 700

Disciplina

418/.02

Soggetti

Translating and interpreting

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

pt. 1. Translation quality in the translation training context -- pt. 2. The evaluation of machine translation -- pt. 3. Quality assurance in the translation workflow -- pt. 4. Domain-specific quality : legal translation and literary translation.

Sommario/riassunto

The volume is a collection of papers that deal with the issue of translation quality from a number of perspectives. It addresses the quality of human translation and machine translation, of pragmatic and literary translation, of translations done by students and by professional translators. Quality is not merely looked at from a linguistic point of view, but the wider context of QA in the translation workflow also gets ample attention. The authors take an inductive approach: the papers are based on the analysis of translation data and/or on hands-on experience. The book provides a bird's eye view of the crucial quality issues, the close collaboration between academics and industry professionals safeguarding attention for quality in the 'real world'. For this reason, the methodological stance is likely to inspire the applied researcher. The analyses and descriptions also include best practices for translation trainers, professional translators and project managers.