POTENTIAL FOR THE USE OF ICT IN TEACHING SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL TRANSLATION
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Keywords

scientific and technical translation
ICT
ICT competence
general-purpose ICT tools
translation ICT tools
electronic dictionary
text corpora
machine translation
CAT tools

How to Cite

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O. B. Bihych and V. V. Strilets, “POTENTIAL FOR THE USE OF ICT IN TEACHING SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL TRANSLATION”, ITLT, vol. 76, no. 2, pp. 86–95, Apr. 2020, doi: 10.33407/itlt.v76i2.2812.

Abstract

The article analyzes the features of both general-purpose and translation ICT tools, which can be applied at different stages of scientific and technical translation and, accordingly, in the process of would-be translators’ professional training. General-purpose ICT tools include a Word processor as a means of the target text formatting and finalizing; search engines necessary for widening background, subject-matter and linguistic knowledge at the information-reference and terminology search stages; means of electronic communication, in particular email, providing interaction among the translation project participants. The paper focuses on advantages and disadvantages of translation ICT tools: translation databases (Reverso context); electronic dictionaries (ABBYY Lingvо, multitran) necessary for improving and expanding would-be translators’ vocabulary; electronic text corpora as sources of authentic linguistic materials, machine translation systems (Google Translate) and CAT tools (Trados, SmartCAT) capable of accelerating target text drafting. In the context of machine translation analysis, the necessity to determine the indicators of machine translatability and to carry out source text pre-editing based on controlled language rules and target text post-editing is emphasized. It is pointed out that CAT tools can increase translators’ performance, provide terminology consistency and enable translation project management; at the same time, their application requires developing special skills. A number of issues that need further research are outlined: concretizing the translator training stages appropriate for introducing specific ICT tools; the ratio of the training time allotted for pen and paper translation and ICT-based one; the expediency of applying machine translation systems, in particular Google Translate, in each particular case.

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