Translator Education in the AI Era: Challenges and Opportunities
Graduates of translation programs are increasingly encountering the structural changes in the language service industry brought about by machine translations. In response to this phenomenon, translator education programs need incorporate translation technology into the curriculum and shift the go...
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| author | Zhu Yifan and Guan Xinchao |
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| description | Graduates of translation programs are increasingly encountering the
structural changes in the language service industry brought about by machine
translations. In response to this phenomenon, translator education programs
need incorporate translation technology into the curriculum and shift the goal
of translator training towards cultivating interdisciplinary-talents capable
in both translation and language technology. We advocate for differentiated
incorporation of translation technology. Universities could formulate
differential cultivation programs in accordance with the varied background
of students, in order to develop MTI graduates who either excel chiefly in
translation and secondarily in technology or do well primarily in technology
and secondarily in translation. Furthermore, course modules concerning
technologies can be selectively added to the syllabus based on the learning
objectives and faculty strength. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2b4ab9034ef54a099382d01f69e6110e2023-02-27T08:39:49ZengEditorial Department of Contemporary Social SciencesContemporary Social Sciences2096-02122020-03-0110.19873/j.cnki.2096-0212.2020.02.007Translator Education in the AI Era: Challenges and OpportunitiesZhu Yifan and Guan Xinchao0Shanghai Jiao Tong University Graduates of translation programs are increasingly encountering the structural changes in the language service industry brought about by machine translations. In response to this phenomenon, translator education programs need incorporate translation technology into the curriculum and shift the goal of translator training towards cultivating interdisciplinary-talents capable in both translation and language technology. We advocate for differentiated incorporation of translation technology. Universities could formulate differential cultivation programs in accordance with the varied background of students, in order to develop MTI graduates who either excel chiefly in translation and secondarily in technology or do well primarily in technology and secondarily in translation. Furthermore, course modules concerning technologies can be selectively added to the syllabus based on the learning objectives and faculty strength.https://css.researchcommons.org/journal/vol2020/iss2/7machine translationtranslator educationchallengesopportunities |
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| title | Translator Education in the AI Era: Challenges and Opportunities |
| title_full | Translator Education in the AI Era: Challenges and Opportunities |
| title_fullStr | Translator Education in the AI Era: Challenges and Opportunities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Translator Education in the AI Era: Challenges and Opportunities |
| title_short | Translator Education in the AI Era: Challenges and Opportunities |
| title_sort | translator education in the ai era challenges and opportunities |
| topic | machine translation translator education challenges opportunities |
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