Translation Quality Assessment

Author : Joss Moorkens,Sheila Castilho,Federico Gaspari,Stephen Doherty
Publisher : Springer
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-13
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783319912417

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Translation Quality Assessment by Joss Moorkens,Sheila Castilho,Federico Gaspari,Stephen Doherty Pdf

This is the first volume that brings together research and practice from academic and industry settings and a combination of human and machine translation evaluation. Its comprehensive collection of papers by leading experts in human and machine translation quality and evaluation who situate current developments and chart future trends fills a clear gap in the literature. This is critical to the successful integration of translation technologies in the industry today, where the lines between human and machine are becoming increasingly blurred by technology: this affects the whole translation landscape, from students and trainers to project managers and professionals, including in-house and freelance translators, as well as, of course, translation scholars and researchers. The editors have broad experience in translation quality evaluation research, including investigations into professional practice with qualitative and quantitative studies, and the contributors are leading experts in their respective fields, providing a unique set of complementary perspectives on human and machine translation quality and evaluation, combining theoretical and applied approaches.

Author : Juliane House
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317619314

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Translation Quality Assessment by Juliane House Pdf

Translation Quality Assessment has become one of the key issues in translation studies. This comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of translation evaluation makes explicit the grounds of judging the worth of a translation and emphasizes that translation is, at its core, a linguistic art. Written by the author of the world’s best known model of translation quality assessment, Juliane House provides an overview of relevant contemporary interdisciplinary research on intercultural communication and globalization research, corpus and psycho- and neurolinguistic studies. House also acknowledges the importance of socio-cultural and situational context in which texts are embedded, and which need to be analysed when they are transferred through space and time in acts of translation but also highlights the linguistic art form of translation. The text includes a newly revised and presented model of translation quality assessment which, like its predecessor, relies on detailed textual and culturally informed contextual analysis and comparison. The test cases also show that there are two steps in translation evaluation: firstly analysis, description and explanation; secondly, judgements of value, socio-cultural relevance and appropriateness. The second is futile without the first: to judge is easy, to understand less so. Translation Quality Assessment is an invaluable resource for students and researchers of Translation Studies and Intercultural Communication, as well as for professional translators.

Author : Malcolm Williams
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780776605845

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Translation Quality Assessment by Malcolm Williams Pdf

Outlining an original, discourse-based model for translation quality assessment that goes beyond conventional microtextual error analysis, this ground-breaking new work by Malcolm Williams explores the potential of transferring reasoning and argument as the prime criterion of translation quality. Assessment through error analysis is inevitably based on an error count - an unsatisfactory means of establishing, and justifying, differences in quality that forces the evaluator to focus on subsentence elements rather than on the translator's success in conveying the key messages of the source text. Williams counters that a judgement of translation quality should be based primarily on the degree to which the translator has adequately rendered the reasoning, or argument structure. An assessment of six aspects of argument structure is proposed: argument macrostructure, propositional functions, conjunctives, types of arguments, figures of speech, and narrative strategy. Williams illustrates the approach using.

Author : Hansjörg Bittner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781000768008

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Evaluating the Evaluator by Hansjörg Bittner Pdf

This book offers a theoretical framework for assessing translation quality grounded in supportive argumentation. The volume outlines a systematic framework for translators and translation critics to substantiate their decisions and judgments on a translation’s quality and in the case of negative criticism, put forward a more effective translation solution. The book traces the decision-making process underpinning translation practice, considering the different factors surrounding a particular translation to inform the most appropriate translation strategy, such as the temporal and geographical relationship between source and target texts, special provisions required by clients, timeframe, qualifications, and sociocultural and political issues. The framework posits that such factors should underpin any arguments used by the translator in adopting a given strategy and in turn, that any criticism of a translation’s quality must be in line with the same argumentative structure. Applied to a corpus of translation examiners’ reports of translation, the book demonstrates how this framework can act as a tool to be scaled to fit the needs of the different actors of a translation – translators, critics, and scholars. This book will be of interest to scholars in translation studies and practicing translators.

Author : Juliane House
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015002648528

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A Model for Translation Quality Assessment by Juliane House Pdf

Author : Huertas-Barros, Elsa,Vandepitte, Sonia,Iglesias-Fernández, Emilia
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781522552260

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Quality Assurance and Assessment Practices in Translation and Interpreting by Huertas-Barros, Elsa,Vandepitte, Sonia,Iglesias-Fernández, Emilia Pdf

The development of translation memories and machine translation have led to new quality assurance practices where translators have found themselves checking not only human translation but also machine translation outputs. As a result, the notions of revision and interpersonal competences have gained great importance with international projects recognizing them as high priorities. Quality Assurance and Assessment Practices in Translation and Interpreting is a critical scholarly resource that serves as a guide to overcoming the challenge of how translation and interpreting results should be observed, given feedback, and assessed. It also informs the design of new ways of evaluating students as well as suggesting criteria for professional quality control. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as quality management, translation tests, and competency-based assessments, this book is geared towards translators, interpreters, linguists, academicians, translation and interpreting researchers, and students seeking current research on the new ways of evaluating students as well as suggesting criteria for professional quality control in translation.

Author : Juliane House
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Language and languages
ISBN : UCAL:B4350390

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A Model for Translation Quality Assessment by Juliane House Pdf

Author : Katharina Reiss
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317642077

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Translation Criticism- Potentials and Limitations by Katharina Reiss Pdf

Katharina Reiss's now classic contribution to Translation Studies, Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Übersetzungskritik: Kategorien und Kriteren für eine sachgerechte Beurteilung von Übersetzungen, first appeared in 1971. This is the first English translation of this major work, allowing students and practitioners of translation in the English-speaking world to make more extensive use of Reiss's pioneering treatment of a central theme in translation: how to develop reliable criteria for the systematic evaluation of translations. Using a wealth of interesting and varied examples, Reiss offers a systematic and illuminating text typology, a pragmatic approach to text analysis, a functional perspective on translation and a hermeneutic view of the translator, thus accounting for some of the most important aspects of the translation process: the text (both source and target versions), the conditions which determine the translator's decisions, and the translator as an individual whose personal interpretation has to be respected by any critic. In the three decades since Katharina Reiss wrote, the terminology of translation studies has evolved on many fronts. Erroll Rhodes' translation strikes an optimal balance between remaining faithful to the original presentation and using terminology that today's reader would generally understand and value.

Author : Juliane House
Publisher : Gunter Narr Verlag
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Language and languages
ISBN : 3823350757

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Translation Quality Assessment by Juliane House Pdf

Author : Yasamin Khosravani
Publisher : Sprache ¿ Kultur ¿ Gesellschaft
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Dubbing of motion pictures
ISBN : 3631770103

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Translation Quality Assessment (TQA) of Subtitles by Yasamin Khosravani Pdf

In this book the Semiotic Model of translation quality assessment for poetry translation has been applied to the Persian subtitles of three musical movies leading to a model of TQA for the subtitles of such movies and to criteria for the evaluation of Persian subtitles of English movies regarding the omission of the Interpersonal Elements.

Author : Joanna Drugan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781441194510

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Quality In Professional Translation by Joanna Drugan Pdf

How do translation companies, multilingual international organizations and individual translators measure and improve the quality of their translations? This book reports on the range of approaches to quality assurance across the translation industry, from Norway to China, from the individual freelance working in a home office to the largest translation supplier in the world. Best practice is outlined for a range of translation scenarios, enabling readers to learn from others' experience - and mistakes. The author also draws on over a decade's experience to outline the potential to improve quality by exploiting modern technological support tools such as translation memory software. New and experienced translators will gain understanding of what employers expect (and reward); translation companies can learn how their peers and rivals manage this sensitive area of their work; clients will find out what levels of quality they can expect; and academics are provided with an illuminating insight into how quality is assessed and guaranteed in the profession today.

Author : Malcolm Williams
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2004-07-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780776617367

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Translation Quality Assessment by Malcolm Williams Pdf

Outlining an original, discourse-based model for translation quality assessment that goes beyond conventional microtextual error analysis, Malcolm Williams explores the potential of transferring reasoning and argument as the prime criterion of translation quality. Assessment through error analysis is inevitably based on an error count - an unsatisfactory means of establishing, and justifying, differences in quality that forces the evaluator to focus on subsentence elements rather than the key messages of the source text. Williams counters that a judgment of translation quality should be based primarily on the success with which the translator has rendered the reasoning, or argument structure. Six aspects for assessment are proposed: argument macrostructure, propositional functions, conjunctives, types of arguments, figures of speech, and narrative strategy. Williams illustrates the approach using three different types of examples: letters, statistical reports, and argumentative articles for publication. Translation Quality Assessment offers translators a new set of flexible and modular standards.

Author : Ingrid Piller
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2002-10-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027296863

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Bilingual Couples Talk by Ingrid Piller Pdf

This sociolinguistic study of the linguistic practices of bilingual couples describes the conditions, processes and results of private language contact. It is based on a unique corpus of more than 20 hours of private conversations between partners in bilingual marriages. Adding to its breadth of coverage, these private conversations are supplemented with larger public discourses about international couplehood. The volume thus offers a corpus-driven investigation of the ways in which ideologies of gender, nationality and immigration mediate linguistic performances in private cross-cultural communication. The author embraces social-constructionist, feminist and postmodern approaches to second language learning, multilingualism and cross-cultural communication. In contrast to other titles in the field which have focused almost exclusively on the socialization of bilingual children, this book explores what it means to one's sense of self to become socialized into a second language and culture as a late bilingual.

Author : Ahmad Khuddro
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781527525979

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Linguistic Issues and Quality Assessment of English-Arabic Audiovisual Translation by Ahmad Khuddro Pdf

Due to a dearth of academic references in the area of English-Arabic audiovisual translation (AVT), this book represents a unique resource, in that it explores dubbing and subtitling into Arabic, a topic hardly discussed among academics both in the Arab world and worldwide. The book starts with some linguistic and audiovisual background, and lays new foundations for a discussion about the similarities between the translation of drama texts and AVT. It then moves on to highlight some grammatical, syntactic, semantic and functional challenges faced in subtitling with examples from various recent audiovisual material, as deictics, exophora, idiomatic language, register, negation, duality and plurality, and subject-predicate agreement in the target subtitled text. The book’s originality is manifest in its investigation of the obstacles encountered by new anonymous subtitlers by providing evidence in the form of genuine samples of their work. The book concludes with some original subtitling quality assessment reports, and presents effective strategies of subtitling.

Author : J. House
Publisher : Springer
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781137025487

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Translation: A Multidisciplinary Approach by J. House Pdf

The cross-linguistic and cross-cultural practice of translation is a field of rapidly growing international importance. World-renowned experts offer new and multidisciplinary insights on this subject, viewing translation as social action and intercultural communication, and as a phenomenon of languages in contact and a socio-cognitive process.